• Andrej-Zulanov139
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    181 year ago

    Probably none natural languages have fully consistent grammatical rules, so English is not that special here. But having the shittiest spelling, that’s the true crime

    • Woland
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      1 year ago

      The lost syllables at the end of spoken French would like to have a word… Ideally a complete finished one, but we know that’s not possible

      • Andrej-Zulanov139
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        31 year ago

        What would be a good argument but… Like about a third of English is literally French with a lot French spelling rules (including silent e at the end, for example) which other two thirds don’t use. At least in French, French rules work for all its words