Blaze (he/him) to Linguistics [email protected]English • 1 month agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down126
arrow-up1459arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to Linguistics [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-square@HawkelinkEnglish9•1 month ago English is descriptive, not proscriptive. Surely there are no languages that base their rules on forbidding certain pronunciations? (Proscriptive means forbidding; I assume you meant prescriptive)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoHiatus avoidance in Classical Latin poetry is the closest thing to a rule I can think of
minus-squarethemeatbridgelinkEnglish4•1 month agoIndeed, you’re correct. Although the French do have the DGLFLF.
Surely there are no languages that base their rules on forbidding certain pronunciations?
(Proscriptive means forbidding; I assume you meant prescriptive)
Hiatus avoidance in Classical Latin poetry is the closest thing to a rule I can think of
Indeed, you’re correct. Although the French do have the DGLFLF.