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Can you imagine if words were spelled exactly how they sounded?

For example...instead of "taekwondo", how about" tikeonedough"? 🤭
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Isn’t tikeonedough a Yorkshire baker?
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@TheSirfurryanimalWales Aye. T'original Hovis baker lad !
DaySpider · 26-30, F
Taekwondo IS spelled exactly how it soudns!

Ta-ik-won-do
ABCDEF7 · M
@DaySpider Why did you replaced 'e' with 'i' while explaining how it sounds.
We'd live in a fenetik (phoenetic) world.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Elefunt
Banarner
Sykolajee
Efervesent
Dikshunry

Yep. Much easier !
SW-User
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@SW-User I can just see our English teachers shaking their heads as we speak 😂
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sarabi · F
That exists in other languages, and to be frank, much easier
goldenorchid · 46-50, F
No, because then we'd lose the word pictureskew.
This would have made my life easier.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Litul Bow Peep has lost her sheep and dusunt no wair to fyned them !
Leev them alown and theyull cum howm wagging thair tayuls behind them
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
I mean kinda, but then English orthography isn't very phonetic. It's spelled dough, but pronounced doh.

 
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