Blaze (he/him) to Linguistics [email protected]English • 4 days agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down126
arrow-up1450arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to Linguistics [email protected]English • 4 days agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-square@cazssiewlinkEnglish27•3 days agoIn french we have “concours d’orthographe”. Pronunciation is pretty consistent, but we add a dozen letters for every sound we utter, so spelling’s still a mess.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-23 days agoI’ve seen enough French spelling to get it, though, and I don’t really speak French. English spelling is still often hard as a native speaker. You guys can have second place, our system is the most ass “bar none”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•3 days agoOur system needs a deep reform; yours needs to burn to the ground and fully rebuild.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•3 days agoUh oh, the internet is starting the Napoleonic Wars 2: Electric Waterloo.
In french we have “concours d’orthographe”. Pronunciation is pretty consistent, but we add a dozen letters for every sound we utter, so spelling’s still a mess.
I’ve seen enough French spelling to get it, though, and I don’t really speak French. English spelling is still often hard as a native speaker.
You guys can have second place, our system is the most ass “bar none”.
Our system needs a deep reform; yours needs to burn to the ground and fully rebuild.
Uh oh, the internet is starting the Napoleonic Wars 2: Electric Waterloo.