On Fri, 2014-10-03 at 18:20 +0930, Tim wrote: > > Um... > > the sound of a capital letter is exactly the same as a lowercase > > letter. > > No, it's not. How you pronounce, or name, the letters is different > for > lowercase and uppercase. > > A Ay > a short a, like in apple, or I'd like to read "a" book > > B Bee > b short b, like in bottle > > C Cee > c short c, like in crease > > Likewise for the rest of the alphabet. "A" and "a" are said > completely > differently from each other.
I'm gobsmacked. I have never heard this proposition in my (many) decades of speaking and writing English. Could it be something specific to Australian schools? poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
