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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by twiss on Monday July 03, 2017 @06:52PM (#14692053)
They may be useful, but they make a language much harder to learn to speak correctly, which is a downside for a lingua franca.
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Re:The capital sharp S in now part of the official German or... by fkistner on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @08:42AM (#14695502)
But so do inconsistent spellings. There is a reason, most languages apart from English have no use for spelling bees. [1]

[1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/30/spell...

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