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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:47:47 +0000 tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/12/12 11:37, Egon Spengler wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:12:56 +0000 > > Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On 10 Dec, 2012, at 9:05 am, Rob Beard wrote: > >> > >>> Well we could start using Klingon :-) > >> I for one welcome our new insect overlords. > >> > >> -- > >> Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.no-ip.biz > >> @UWascalWabbit PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63 > >> > >> > >> -- > >> The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > >> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > >> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > > One thing to be said for phonetic spelling is that it makes the lives of > > dyslexics easier. Indeed, in Spain and Italy (presumably Portugal, too), the > > amount of diagnosed dyslexics is vastly smaller than in the UK, for this very > > reason. > > > Its a diagnosis thing - dyslexia involves not being able to perceive the > positioning of the letters in words - phonetics doesnât help and has > been shown to slow down the progress of dyslexics. > Tom te tom te tom > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq Yes, it's a diagnosis thing (what i said). I would maintain that more phonetic (and consistent) languages, such as Spanish, cause less reading and writing problems for children as they learn to read and write in those countries. Here is an extract from a relevant website which supports this view: http://www.learning-inside-out.com/dyslexia-statistics.html "Some languages are "transparent," which means they have a more predictable correlation between letters and their sounds. Want an example? When you see an 'a' in a word, you know what sound it will make. It is predictable. That is language transparency. In English, an a makes at least five different sounds. Here are some examples. A in apple, a in safe, a in acorn, a in alive, a in wash. In transparent languages, it is easier for everyone to learn to read, even those with dyslexia. Therefore, in a transparent language like Spanish, there are fewer children with reading and spelling problems, even though the same percentage of the Spanish-speaking population has the neurobiological differences that cause dyslexia. This is also why some Spanish-speaking children are not found to be dyslexic until they attempt to learn to read and write English, which is not a transparent language." Thus, we might reasonably assume that if English spelling was more phonetic (with a truer and more consistent relationship between spelling and pronunciation) we would have fewer diagnosed dyslexics, as a result. Cheers. Mike. -- Egon Spengler <migel_wimtore@xxxxxxx> -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq