Yes. But phonetic languages phoneticise loanwords.
Ie.
In Japanese the word “coffee” has bexome a loanword. But they don’t keep the unphoneticised english version. They phoneticise it to fit with their pronounciation and it becomes kohi.
(This is complicated of course by katakana and such but just an example. German tends to so the same, since it’s phonetic.)
If I could go back and slap the shit out of the inventor of katakana I would. Can you imagine a French class in the US where some kid says “Joo my apple John Clod Van Dam. Joo soois Americane,” and the teacher telling them it’s perfect?
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Fuck spelling norms.
Make English Phonetic Again!
MEPA!
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 7 months ago
Tequila is actually phonetic in Spanish, lol
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Yes. But phonetic languages phoneticise loanwords.
Ie. In Japanese the word “coffee” has bexome a loanword. But they don’t keep the unphoneticised english version. They phoneticise it to fit with their pronounciation and it becomes kohi.
(This is complicated of course by katakana and such but just an example. German tends to so the same, since it’s phonetic.)
Ie. German Kaffee from turkish kahve
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 7 months ago
I actually know Katakana and a limited amount of Japanese so yes, I know what you mean.
Great point about phoneticized loanwords though!
lenny@feddit.org 7 months ago
Small correction: Komputer is not a german word, but it might have been three or more decades ago.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
If I could go back and slap the shit out of the inventor of katakana I would. Can you imagine a French class in the US where some kid says “Joo my apple John Clod Van Dam. Joo soois Americane,” and the teacher telling them it’s perfect?
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Hell is a world where you write common english with the IPA alphabet
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
You dont need IPA to make it phonetic though:
You can stick with latin and just make phonetic rules consistent so if you hear a word you automatically know how to spell it. Like in german.
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s technically possible to use the esperanto phonetic alphabet, but it would still look incredibly weird
Worx@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
I think you mean MEFA