diff --git a/edX Lightning Talk.ipynb b/edX Lightning Talk.ipynb
index 75bd261..066db0c 100644
--- a/edX Lightning Talk.ipynb	
+++ b/edX Lightning Talk.ipynb	
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
     "\n",
     "**Written English != Spoken English**\n",
     "\n",
-    "English is highly **nonphonemic**, meaning that the letters often have no correspondence to the pronunciation. E.g.:\n",
+    "English has a highly **nonphonemic orthography**, meaning that the letters often have no correspondence to the pronunciation. E.g.:\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "\"meet\" vs. \"meat\"\n",