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Re:Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Lati... by saryant on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @11:52PM (#16928660)
I don't think it's obvious that 3 of 7 letters in "mangent" are silent (as in "ils mangent").
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Re:Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Lati... by umanwizard on Thursday April 26, 2018 @03:08AM (#16929493)
Yes it is obvious once you learn French.

It’s usually (not always) clear how a word is pronounced in French if you know its spelling.

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Re:Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Lati... by snovv_crash on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:20AM (#16931577)
What isn't clear is how you spell the word after hearing it.
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