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		whstl 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why English doesn't use accents Correct. It's "one sound" represented by two letters, but not always the same sound in different words.

richrichardsson 13 days ago [–]

Ah, I misunderstood "one sound" as meaning, "these letters only ever produce one sound that is unchanging regardless the word".

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