tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24406196.post3286060383616142092..comments2024-03-22T03:31:03.398-04:00Comments on serif of nottingblog: PERSECUTION, THEORETICAL ORTHOGRAPHY AND SILENCED LETTERSgary barwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05063921311334434357noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24406196.post-53547091814855059712020-05-29T05:38:59.132-04:002020-05-29T05:38:59.132-04:00loved this, Gary. loved this, Gary. Amanda Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059621442042833693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24406196.post-78865504039449368032009-01-07T10:52:00.000-05:002009-01-07T10:52:00.000-05:00Please visit a related web site at www.KurdishAcad...Please visit a related web site at www.KurdishAcademy.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24406196.post-52874330078015087712008-12-19T23:35:00.000-05:002008-12-19T23:35:00.000-05:00I was thinking, yesterday, about sounds made by pa...I was thinking, yesterday, about sounds made by particular letters in the German language that don't exist in English. For example, the sound made by รถ in certain German words is notoriously difficult for the typical English-speaking mouth to reproduce, at least without deliberate practice, and intent. <BR/><BR/>It hadn't occurred to me before I read your piece, but I suppose that would qualify as a "silent sound" from the vantage point of English at least, although I'm sure there are many others. It simply isn't in the vocal toolbox of the English language, as you so eloquently put it. <BR/><BR/>Just a sidenote in the much larger context of silence.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04859530401387529094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24406196.post-3586917576915999622008-12-19T19:06:00.000-05:002008-12-19T19:06:00.000-05:00Of course, I haven't mentioned entirely suppressed...Of course, I haven't mentioned entirely suppressed languages -- their writing and and speaking. For example, it was a goal of the Canadian Residential School system to eliminate Native Canadian languages.gary barwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05063921311334434357noreply@blogger.com