proof that america is ruled by big brother

>>>> for example the dutch language is entirely phonetic.

i find this hard to believe that the dutch speak and write their language phonetically. do you have a reference that everyday use is phonetic?
 
If wee ol startid speleeng funetiklee it wud luk oflee weerd.

Hey, maybe that IS Dutch! :)
 
I think one bad thing about phonetic spelling for English is that different English accents don't all sound the same. For example, the phonetic spelling of American English would be quite different from, say, Australia.
 
Just compare Bostonian to San Josean. A friend of mine from West Virginia told me years ago that San Jose was the first town he'd been in where people pronounce words according to dictionary pronunciation keys. (Out-of-towners notwithstanding.)

My husband spent a great deal of time in upstate New York when he was a kid. I didn't realize this until we went downtown and had to pay a parking meter. He said "Gimmee a kwahtah so I can pahk the cah."
 
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