Comments on: Pronunciation of Dutch names vs anglo-Australian naming http://blog.nickj.org/2008/07/22/pronunciation-of-dutch-names-vs-anglo-australian-naming/ Just another random blog Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:44:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zhasper http://blog.nickj.org/2008/07/22/pronunciation-of-dutch-names-vs-anglo-australian-naming/comment-page-1/#comment-381 zhasper Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:53:51 +0000 http://blog.nickj.org/?p=62#comment-381 except, of course, that the eastern suburbs are to the south, the northern suburbs are to the east, the northern beaches are east of the north shore.... At least dutch/german/afrikaans all have consistent translations between pronunciation and spelling - "w" is always pronounced as we'd (usually) pronounce "v", etc. Just look at the "ough" mess in english, or the wikipedia entry for "ghoti" to see how terrible english is.. except, of course, that the eastern suburbs are to the south, the northern suburbs are to the east, the northern beaches are east of the north shore….

At least dutch/german/afrikaans all have consistent translations between pronunciation and spelling – “w” is always pronounced as we’d (usually) pronounce “v”, etc. Just look at the “ough” mess in english, or the wikipedia entry for “ghoti” to see how terrible english is..

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