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Comment by saghm

6 hours ago

I'd argue that "le" is not really phonetic to how people pronounce words ending in that; "missils" would be more phonetic

> I'd argue that "le" is not really phonetic to how people pronounce words ending in that

Sorry? How do you think people pronounce words such as truffle / turtle / tremble / pickle / maple / rubble / etc. etc. etc.?

  • They pronounce these words as if the e and the l were reversed, if "truffle" was written in a phonetic manner it would be written "truffel". Since the "l" sound is last and preceded by a schwa, "truffle" (or "missle") obviously cannot be considered phonetic.