From richard.howard9@ntlworld.com Fri Apr 20 06:33:27 2001 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f3KDXQ977000 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 06:33:26 -0700 Received: from mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (mta05-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.45]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f3KDXP724724 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 06:33:25 -0700 Received: from howard1 ([62.255.188.23]) by mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with SMTP id <20010420133323.OMGA272.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@howard1> for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:33:23 +0100 Message-ID: <004201c0c996$0023d6c0$17bcff3e@totalserve.co.uk> Reply-To: "Ricardus Hamtuniensis" From: "Ricardus Hamtuniensis" To: References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010419183214.00a79070@idirect.com> Subject: Re: non-classics query Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:30:02 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0039_01C0C99E.01221340" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01C0C99E.01221340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Meadows wrote: Can anyone on this list think of a (presumably English) word which = begins with tr and ends with ck that is not truck, trick, or track?=20 Perhaps I have misunderstood the point but I believe that the idea of = phonics is to represent the sounds of words and not the actual spelling. = I wonder whether the teacher was perhaps looking for the word used by = all youngsters these days - "terrific". Bet wishes Ricardus Hamtunensis ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01C0C99E.01221340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

David Meadows wrote:
Can anyone on = this list=20 think of a (presumably English) word which begins with tr and ends = with ck=20 that is not truck, trick, or track?
Perhaps I have misunderstood the = point but I=20 believe that the idea of phonics is to represent the sounds of words and = not the=20 actual spelling. I wonder whether the teacher was perhaps looking for = the word=20 used by all youngsters these days - "terrific".
Bet wishes
Ricardus Hamtunensis
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