A Conversation for The International Phonetic Alphabet

infant school

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braindead_geordie

ah, the joys of the phonetic alphabet, i remember it well. some loony in our local council in the 70s decided that kids should be taught to rede n rite in phonetics rather than "old-fashioned" english. bonkers. i got told off for trying to use "proper" language, and it's led to several of my peers having big problems with their reading/writing ability. but i'm sure it made sense to those in power at the time...


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