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From: Darrin Edwards <edwards@noise.bsd.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: Anounsing a nu Ingglish spelling
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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:36:44 GMT
Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu sci.lang:68592 sci.lang.translation:11685

Tom Wier <Tomaso.Houston@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> writes:

> Even though you were being facetious, I will point out that [nu:] is the common
> phonetic value for almost *all* speakers of the languages.  It has everything
> to do with English spelling if you want it to be reflective the actual spoken
> language, which after all, takes precedence over the written. Obviously it seems
> that many here don't care, or seem to care, about the needs of the majority of the
> people learning English, whether they be native or foreign.   
> 

But "new" doesn't rhyme with the pronunciation of the Greek letter "nu" (as
a Greek person would pronounce it), or with the (Russian) pronunciation
of the Russian word "nu" (meaning "Well...").  There's a reason for the
"w" on the end.

Darrin
