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Subject: [lojban] BBC on "Spell As You Pronounce Universally"
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An article that may be of interest to jbopre:

"Could a new phonetic alphabet promote world peace?"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21505114

Some quotes:

"The reason why Finland shines in education is because their children have
to spend very little time learning to read and write. It is completely
phonetic."

"Utopian language projects, in which an artificial system is put forward as
an alternative to what's developed naturally, tend to fail. People are
strongly attached to the distinctiveness and idiosyncrasies of whatever
language they use."

"Shared language can dupe us into thinking we share other things - values,
beliefs, goals - when in many cases we don't. Does it minimize differences,
or merely mask them?"

mu'o

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>An article that may be of interest to jbopre:<br><br>=
&quot;Could a new phonetic alphabet promote world peace?&quot;<br><a href=
=3D"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21505114">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/=
magazine-21505114</a><br>
<br>Some quotes:<br><br>&quot;The reason why Finland shines in education is=
 because their children have to spend very little time learning to read and=
 write. It is completely phonetic.&quot;<br><br>&quot;Utopian language proj=
ects, in which an artificial system is put forward as an alternative to wha=
t&#39;s developed naturally, tend to fail. People are strongly attached to =
the distinctiveness and idiosyncrasies of whatever language they use.&quot;=
<br>
<br>&quot;Shared language can dupe us into thinking we share other things -=
 values, beliefs, goals - when in many cases we don&#39;t. Does it minimize=
 differences, or merely mask them?&quot;<br><br></div>mu&#39;o<br></div>

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