• ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    “My language so superior, we have to use multiple letters to represent completely different sounds”

    CHuckle at THat, SHithead

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      5 days ago

      From a hand-writing perspective, I’m a big fan of syllabaries. But when you have to use a keyboard, an alphabet is pretty damn good. English could easily switch to quasi phonetic spelling by repurposing redundant consonants and adding accents to voewls.

      Qe íntréstíng qíng úbáüt ít ís qat ít’s stíl kind úf légíbl evn íf I don’t eksplan háw ít wïrks.