Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1489arrow-down127
arrow-up1462arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year ago English is descriptive, not proscriptive. Surely there are no languages that base their rules on forbidding certain pronunciations? (Proscriptive means forbidding; I assume you meant prescriptive)
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIndeed, you’re correct. Although the French do have the DGLFLF.
Surely there are no languages that base their rules on forbidding certain pronunciations?
(Proscriptive means forbidding; I assume you meant prescriptive)
Indeed, you’re correct. Although the French do have the DGLFLF.