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In article <15401@mordor.s1.gov>, pom@under..ARPA (Peter O. Mikes) writes:
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 > Subject2: Diacritical signs in English and phonetics
 > ===================================================
 >    and then   >Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy WRITES:
 ...
 >>My mother is convinced that my poor spelling skills are a direct
 >>effect of this phonetic writing experiment.  She's probably right.
 > 
 >   Indeed. It is not a coincidence. I had the reverse experience, as I started
 > to read English before I had the chance to speak it. The correlation between
 > the graphical image and sounds develops naturally (as extension of the 
 > hand-eye  coordination in babies) - and, like that, it is age sensitive.
 ...
 >     It is not a good idea to mix-up the two (visual image with sound). 
 >     It acts like that poster in Exploratorium which says RED in blue 
 >       letters and BLUE in red letters. VERY CONFUSING.
 ...
 >Yours  Dr. Frish -a scientist- (quite mad) pom@under.s1.gov ||  @s1-under.UUCP

I would have to agree with this.  My father was stationed in Germany when I
was learning to read and speak.  Since the TV was in German, but I had
books in English, I learned to read before I spoke.  I still have problems
with pronunciation for words.  You wouldn't believe how I used to say
hyperbole.

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