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		umanwizard on Feb 11, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paper sizes Yup, so in Mandarin you have a vague hint as to how to pronounce each word, based on writing. Same goes for English.

rhino369 on Feb 11, 2015 [–]

For most words you can "sound it out" in English. There are just a lot of exceptions.

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