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clockwork_axolotl@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Noone should have respect for English. English does not even respect itself by having consistent grammatical rules or by having a distinction between the letters “C” and “K”

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Andrej-Zulanov139@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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

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- Woland@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  But having the shittiest spelling, that’s the true crime> 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
  
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  - Andrej-Zulanov139@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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
    
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