Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak...
by Dumblydorr on Thursday May 20, 2021 @12:47PM
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I'd take our spelling system over Chinese characters or hieroglyphics any day. English has weird exceptions but with spell check and autocorrect, I think it's manageable. Their they're there, where we're were, there are many bad combos that unfortunately do need memorization.
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Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak...
by JCharante on Thursday May 20, 2021 @10:40PM
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Chinese does have autocorrect and spell check based on statistical analysis of how often words are next to each other. Another benefit of such a system is that it's similar to romance languages where when characters are used in different languages, even though they are pronounced differently there is some mutual intelligibility. I don't speak french or portuguese but when reading the ingredients list (which they always put a sticker over the English section to show the local language) I'll use my Spanish knowledge to know what's inside.