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Risto Kupsala skrev: > Kjell Rehnström wrote: > >> In fakt novial usat li ortografie del skandinavik lingves. In adminim >> norvegian on posse skrir "stasjon" e "senter" pro li plu international >> "station" e "center". Pro quo no skrir "sosialism" kvam ank li norvegianes. >> > > Some spellings have been simplified also in Swedish, such as as "konsert". > > It's tragicomic how conservative some Eurolangs are with regard to > spelling. I think Jespersen did wisely when he cleared the mess about C, > but he took it too far when he removed also Z. All Europeans can pronounce > [z] except the Scandinavians, so he clearly imported his Scandinavian bias > there. > By the way, Risto, in the Finnish linguaphone course that I am a proud owner of one of the speakers in one situation pronounces "viisi" with a z sound. I wonderd a little bit about that. Might it be because the person who spoke hade lived abroad (in England, I guess) or might it be endemic? But we can learn to pronounce Z and z with a little bit of training. I found that much easier than producing a good Polish y! Kjell R