@[email protected] to People [email protected] • 28 days agoThe Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reasonlemmy.mlmessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up1864
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•27 days agoBut how does that fix the other 99% of English spelling that is equally broken?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•27 days agoWhy would it need to fix everything else? How could a single digraph swap fix any other issue than the one it is trying to address?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•27 days agoThe point is that spelling and pronunciation in English are basically so different they might as well be two completely different languages so why bother with that one thing in particular?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•27 days agoProgress starts with small incremental steps? You could say this about almost any endeavor. At least someone is trying.
But how does that fix the other 99% of English spelling that is equally broken?
Why would it need to fix everything else? How could a single digraph swap fix any other issue than the one it is trying to address?
The point is that spelling and pronunciation in English are basically so different they might as well be two completely different languages so why bother with that one thing in particular?
Progress starts with small incremental steps? You could say this about almost any endeavor. At least someone is trying.