In a message on 06-07-18 Mike Powell said to Maurice Kinal:   
      
   Hi Mike,   
      
   > Like everything, practice makes perfect.  I saw a linguist on a documentary   
   > who claimed if you read Chaucer aloud it starts making more sense.  I claim   
   > that it is all Greek to me.   
      
   MP> I believe it actually does help, if you pronounce the words   
   MP> phonetically as you speak them.   
      
   Languages differ very much in how they should be spelled. Some   
   languages, like italian and finnish, are pronounciated just like they   
   are written, while others like spanish and french require your tongue   
   to turn every way.   
      
      
   Have a good night,   
      
   Holger   
      
      
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