It's the Friday thread that will not die... My 5 year old asked me what "IF" spelled. I asked him what sound the "I" made, he replied "ih". I asked what sound the "F" made, he replied "fff". I asked him to put them together, and he pronounced "if". Then he asked me what "OF" spelled. I gave up. Won't even get into bough, cough, dough, rough, and through. I can barely keep them straight myself. >>> [log in to unmask] 05/09/05 03:24PM >>> Makes me think of a phonetic language proposal floated some years ago on the Internet where all unused letters were removed and all consonant sounds like the "hard C" were replaced by the letter K. It was a bit Germainc in appearance, but if you just let go of your prelearned English it was actually eaiser to read. I remember my kids asking questions about Lead vs Lead or Read vs Read. And then there is polish versus Polish. Ah, English is such a quirky and wacky language. Sort of a melting pot of all the other languages. Phil ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------