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Re:Blue–Green Distinction in Language by jdashg on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:50PM (#22131122)
I think while English is really tough to speak perfectly, it's pretty easy to muddle through. "It suhrengz is" that you can drop all inflections, butcher pronunciations, and ignore the chaotic spelling, and still be able to communicate pretty reliably.

Getting English right is a fractal of traditions and exceptions, but its MVP is very forgiving.

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Re:Blue–Green Distinction in Language by henrikschroder on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:28PM (#22134838)
> but its MVP is very forgiving.

Yes, that was exactly my original point, thanks for explaining it more hacker-news-y than me. :-)

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