[QUOTE="Phil"] Because it wasn't to 'just show I knew the answer'.. It was to make the point that other languages use our script in utterly different ways.[/QUOTE] Which point I thought was obvious from my answer to wessie, but then I often have think twice before I consider pronounciation in English and I may be biased by this. English is after all my third language, and not the one I am most comfortable with. The script may look the same, but the sounds they represent vary across regional boundaries all over that part of the world that utilises the latin alphabeth.