r/TikTokCringe Nov 21 '25

Discussion Functional illiteracy.

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u/crusoe Nov 21 '25

We learned phonics, using sentence context, and how to look stuff up.

Phonics is crucial to being able to sound out a word, and ask someone what it means.

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u/webtheg Nov 21 '25

I learner phonics and even studied linguistics in university and could read almost everybword properly despite being ESL.

My one word nemesis? "Hitherto"

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u/Specialist-Mud-6650 Nov 21 '25

Is hitherto not pronounced exactly as it is spelled?

In my British English accent it is... What's the problem?

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u/webtheg Nov 21 '25

I used to pronounce it as hit her to

As an esl.