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[Python-Dev] PEP 393 Summer of Code Project

[Python-Dev] PEP 393 Summer of Code Project [Python-Dev] PEP 393 Summer of Code ProjectStephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Sat Sep 3 06:17:24 CEST 2011
Greg Ewing writes:

 > I find it curious that pronunciation always seems to take
 > precedence over spelling in campaigns like this. Nowadays,
 > especially with the internet increasingly taking over from
 > personal interaction, we probably see words written a lot
 > more often than we hear them spoken. Why shouldn't we
 > change the pronunciation to match the spelling rather than
 > the other way around?

Because 90% of all people move their lips when reading. :-)

More seriously, because almost nobody learns to read before learning
to understand spoken language.  Aural language is more primitive than
written language.

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