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Re:Orthographic Depth by com2kid on Monday October 16, 2023 @04:31PM (#37906121)
> This is why I'm a huge supporter of a radical English spelling reform.

That has already happened, which is part of how we got into this mess.

See isle vs island.

IMHO The only real solution is to invent a time machine and keep England from getting conquered again and again and again. If you keep mashing languages together you are bound to get a mess.

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Re:Orthographic Depth by pythonguython on Monday October 16, 2023 @04:43PM (#37906308)
Every language has had spelling reforms. Orthographies would certainly be worse if we never had spelling reforms. Some have just worked out better than others
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Re:Orthographic Depth by esafak on Monday October 16, 2023 @04:54PM (#37906489)
This also reflects Britain's hands-off approach to language. If desired, the government could establish a council like the French to police the language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_Fran%C3%A7aise

This is how Turkey ended up with its shallow orthography: the government designed a new alphabet. Before that they used Arabic.

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