Why the french never pronounce what they write as the spelling?
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French spelling reflects French pronunciation of several centuries ago, during the middle ages, when the final consonants WERE pronounced.  Since that time, the pronunciation has changed, but the spelling has not.  Consider English as well, the k and gh of knight were pronounced in Chaucer's time, but the spelling has not changed in 600 years to reflect the modern pronunciation.
833657
It depends on the language I guess.  In French I probably wouldn't pronounce it the same way as you would in English.  And what do thoses word mean anyway?  Sometimes with the ethymology yuo can figure out the pronounciation.
559814
Well- for a start- i may be worng here but i think its actually spelt phonetics.  But maybe there are two ways of spelling it- which proves your theory even more.  it must be the same person who thought up the word dyslexic.  Could they not think of a harder word for people who can not spell!
1065032
It depends which language they originated from - English is a mixture of lots of languages like Latin, Old German, Old English, French and even Arabic - all of which have different ways of pronouncing words.\n\nThere is a (very old, but I've updated it) story of a language student who thought he'd finally got the hang of English, then he saw a sign saying "Yahoo Answers pronounced success!"\n\n...and he gave up and went home.
547802
It means 'always' as in "L'Amour Toujour" for "Love Always" or "Love Forever"\n\nIn French, I believe the correct spelling is toujours though it is pronounced as if the s was silent.  Literally it means 'all days'.
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Two reasons.  First, they don't read very much.  Readers see properly spelled words and then can spell well themselves.  Secondly, people rely so much on spell-checkers.  So they never internalize proper spelling.\n\nPeople who read and write tend to spell well.
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Try writing your post in a Word or WordPerfect document with all the accents the way you want them, then copy and paste the text into your blog.\n\nIf you need any help with French I'm fluent!
430456
lol only from the french...
636878
German pronounciation is lot easier, infact its easier than English. In German you will pronounce exactly as you write. French on the other hand is extreamly difficult.
430022
It looks like French because of the -er ending but spelling must be wrong. Isn't it "foncer" or "pioncer" ?\n\nPlease give it once more in its context.
1140839
Wow!  I've never seen French typed like that before.\nI'll make sure my French countrymen don't burn you at the stake.
734751
Xerenity was on the right track, except that the first letter of "Hollande" is an aspirated 'h': "la Hollande." \n\nYou could say:\n- La Hollande et la Belgique se sont rendues.\n- La Hollande et la Belgique ont capitulé.
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Depends on which language you're speaking in.\n\nIn English: Vietnam\nIn Vietnamese: Việt Nam (notice the tone marks)\n\nSome people think spelling it "Viet Nam" in English as more "authentic", but without the tone marks it is just as inaccurate as "Vietnam".  \n\nPeople who write it as two words are the same annoying types who pronounce croissant as "kwuh-saunt".
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Because English has a spelling rules but each rule comes with its exeption.  This makes it very hard for students to be able to learn how to spell because its not very phonetic.
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you won't find it with that spelling guadeloupe
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Two reasons, in my opinion:\n1. English spelling is inconsistent, and does not match the pronunciation of the words.\n2. Good spelling comes with reading a lot of high-quality writing. People don't do this any more.
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No, you don't pronounce it in the word "et", I can assure you. French is my mother tongue and I speak it and write it very well. The word "et" is pronounced "ay". If you pronounce the "T", it may sound like the word "est", which mean "is".  In that case, you would be saying "A man IS a woman". But I don't think that's what you mean. ;)\n\nFor other french words ending by the letter "T", it depends. French is full of exceptions and rules... Most of the time you should pronounce it but it is accepted in common language to let it go.