58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSince the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestationmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down117
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareSince the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestation58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoTrue context helps - but I wouldn’t want to consciously smurfify the language.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI agree and would go further, simplifying words so they more closely match how you pronounce them. So that there are not 3 completely different words, written exactly the same.
True context helps - but I wouldn’t want to consciously smurfify the language.
I agree and would go further, simplifying words so they more closely match how you pronounce them. So that there are not 3 completely different words, written exactly the same.