On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 08:19:21PM -0400, Tamara P. Duvall wrote: > Only three??? Poles must have updated their spelling in the past 33 yrs > (our age difference) <g> > ch/h; > rz/z (with a dot); > ci/c (with a slash) > si/s (ditto) > zi/z (ditto) > And I'm sure I've forgotten some :)
You missed u/o (with a slash). I'm only counting that and your first two, since there are easy rules for the other three. The only thing I remember having to actually memorize in school as far as spelling goes is these three. > The "nasal vowels" pose problems, too, though not as great: on, or a > (with a hook)? en, or e with a hook? Yep. And there's a bunch of other minor things, depending a lot on how clearly you pronounce things. Weronika -- Weronika Patena Stanford, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
