tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458071334276688877.post3013395028562416566..comments2023-07-06T06:03:42.275+02:00Comments on Alex's phonetic thoughts: Speec-h-less!Alex Rotatorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15221253493502707131noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458071334276688877.post-56816867060556659212012-03-25T09:36:25.133+02:002012-03-25T09:36:25.133+02:00Judy Gilbert said:
Hi Alex,
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“...Judy Gilbert said:<br /><br />Hi Alex,<br /><br />*****************<br /><br />“It is shocking to hear that some primary school teachers in Italy, when having to explain the difference between ha (from avere) and a (the preposition), sometimes get their pupils to ‘aspirate the verb’, thus producing the extremely unnatural ha. Don’t they know that writing is one thing and speech is another?”<br /><br />*****************<br /><br />Actually no. This seems a major intellectual challenge. A phonetics friend of mine once told me about a lecture he had given to a regular university English class about English as a foreign language. When he had finished, the professor thanked him, saying “Such an interesting talk! However, that business about contractions; I don’t ever use them.” Her class started to giggle and my friend told me “I don’t think she’s forgiven me yet.” I’ve thought about this story a lot, and have concluded that highly educated people who have reached the exalted position of teacher really believe they talk like a book.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />JudyAlex Rotatorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221253493502707131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458071334276688877.post-71455984406448724352012-03-17T12:08:16.874+01:002012-03-17T12:08:16.874+01:00Congratulations, Paul! Looking forward to reading ...Congratulations, Paul! Looking forward to reading it!Alex Rotatorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221253493502707131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458071334276688877.post-82082099504978309202012-03-17T11:30:37.275+01:002012-03-17T11:30:37.275+01:00Not to mention an article on Polish co-authored wi...Not to mention an article on Polish co-authored with yours truly (but not my own voice).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com