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Re:English is weirdly different from other languages by Mithaldu on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:51PM (#14455815)
To be a little more exact: Have large amounts of heteronyms to have them be common and not strange exceptions.
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Re:English is weirdly different from other languages by yongjik on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:46PM (#14456193)
English spelling is horrible, but I feel that the number of English heteronyms is not notably high, especially considering the state of the spelling system.

I think heteronyms are bound to arise in most languages with Latin-based orthography, because they tend to borrow words from other Latin-alphabet-based languages without changing spelling. Some words are bound to collide with an existing word with the same spelling.

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