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minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoLanguage is fluid, but standardised spellings are helpful for clarity and ease of reading.
minus-squareGiveMemes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoAnybody who’s every read a document written prior to the eighteenth century will tell you that people had a pretty “interpretive” way of spelling back in the day lol.
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 month agoEnglish [Simplified]
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoThe hallmark of a truly sophisticated language is the ability to express complex thoughts consistently and conscisely. And without so many unnecessary U’s.
Language is fluid, but standardised spellings are helpful for clarity and ease of reading.
Anybody who’s every read a document written prior to the eighteenth century will tell you that people had a pretty “interpretive” way of spelling back in the day lol.
English [Simplified]
The hallmark of a truly sophisticated language is the ability to express complex thoughts consistently and conscisely.
And without so many unnecessary U’s.
Fuck you, Kris.