Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics HumorEnglish · 2 months agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1492arrow-down127
arrow-up1465arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics HumorEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squarecazssiew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 months 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-up13·edit-22 months 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-squarepseudo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoOur system needs a deep reform; yours needs to burn to the ground and fully rebuild.
minus-squareMonkeyBusinesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months 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.