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minus-squarestr82L @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 hours agoWould you also like us to say aee, fee, hee, jee, kee, lee, mee, nee, oee, qee, ree, see, uee, wee, xee and yee?
minus-squaremodern_drift@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-28 hours agoAre those letters that make the same “ee” sound when you pronounce the letter on its own? Like every one that I listed.
minus-squarestr82L @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 minutes agoI’m suggesting that if you take your logic and apply it to all the letters equally, you’ll end up with the changes I listed. If that seems wrong, then the case for consistency isn’t as strong as you first suggested.
Would you also like us to say aee, fee, hee, jee, kee, lee, mee, nee, oee, qee, ree, see, uee, wee, xee and yee?
Are those letters that make the same “ee” sound when you pronounce the letter on its own? Like every one that I listed.
I’m suggesting that if you take your logic and apply it to all the letters equally, you’ll end up with the changes I listed. If that seems wrong, then the case for consistency isn’t as strong as you first suggested.