Blaze (he/him) to Linguistics [email protected]English • 3 days agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down126
arrow-up1450arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to Linguistics [email protected]English • 3 days agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-square@HawkelinkEnglish9•3 days 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•3 days agoHiatus avoidance in Classical Latin poetry is the closest thing to a rule I can think of
minus-squarethemeatbridgelinkEnglish4•3 days 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.