I won't argue with you, of course you're right, you're a native Italian! You can argue! After all, Italian has many variants and I can speak only for mine. After doing some search on the internet, I've found this dictionary where

Well, there's Hangul, which I've seen explained as being pictographic at base, with the pictures representing the position of the vocal aparatus. Not for vowels it don't. As I understand it, hangeul does not reflect entirely the spoken

: So how does the rule on "u" and "a" or "an" work (or all the vowels for that matter)? Why is it a university, but an umbilical cord? Because of the pronunciation, not the spelling. University is pronounced

I think English pronunciation is probably the most difficult aspect ... in English that don't exist in Italian Spanish or French. Well, after mastering the sounds of Latvian and German, English has only the two versions of "th" to

It seems that every time I post a comment it provokes a load of discussion threads. But not to be ... spite of allthis bastardisation of the language, it seems to me that the vowels are still spoken correctly (generally speaking). Bastardization

While it was 23/11/03 10:39 pm throughout the UK, Pat Durkin sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus: My practice: Standalone "A", if it is an adjective or ... converts to "an": An historical, an

While it was 23/11/03 10:39 pm throughout the UK, Pat Durkin sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus: My practice: Standalone "A", if it is an adjective or article in initial or mid-phrase position, varies in

Because sometimes phonetic spelling resembles eye dialect. Take the example ... in print, they might very well pronounce it like "onset." Why would this be any less insulting than any other use of phonetic spelling might be. Isn't