Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down127
arrow-up1451arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squarecazssiew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·4 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-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-24 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-squarepseudolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoOur system needs a deep reform; yours needs to burn to the ground and fully rebuild.
minus-squareMonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 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.