Activity for celtschk
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Comment | Post #284533 |
Actually you cannot conclude from the given information that the proposed legislation was amended twice (or at all). Applicable law may require a minimum number of readings in the legislative process, even if in each reading the law gets 100% of the votes without any changes. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
Comment | Post #282694 |
My guess would be that it comes from the [counterpunch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punchcutting) used in creating those areas when making metal types.
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— | almost 3 years ago |
Comment | Post #281770 |
@JirkaHanika: Thank you, very interesting. (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
Comment | Post #281770 |
Actually after reading Jirka Hanika's answer, I noticed that I indeed *did* encounter a completely silent character before, which I had forgotten about: AFAIK the French “h” is silent in all circumstances. Interestingly, as mentioned in that answer, the “h” sound, like the glottal stop, is a voiceles... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
Comment | Post #281780 |
Thank you for the comprehensive explanation, it is very appreciated. And yes, once you know it, the concept of a glottal stop symbol with an implied vowel evolving into a vowel symbol makes complete sense. (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
Comment | Post #281770 |
Thank you, that's very interesting. I never considered the possibility of a *totally* silent letter (as opposed to characters that turn silent in certain situations, which of course can be found in many languages, including English). (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
Comment | Post #279206 |
Thank you for your detailed answer. BTW, as a native German speaker, I disagree that you always consider your native language as simple, as I'm quite well aware of the complexity of my language (and we've certainly spent quite some time in school on things like cases). (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
Comment | Post #277484 |
On the other hand, if you define a word as unique concept, then also English has “words with spaces inside”. For example, “toilet paper”, ”internet service provider”, “member of parliament”. Usually people would consider that several words describing one concept. So how do you determine that there's ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |