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Re:How to Pronounce the Trickiest English Words: Ask This Fr... by tivert on Friday November 03, 2023 @03:09PM (#38133578)
> If it's worth distinguishing them, it's worth distinguishing them when pronounced. Change the pronunciation or write them the same.

Except you can't do that. You're working on distributed legacy protocol, not some thing that you can successfully force roll-out arbitrary changes.

I think you'd have less success with your proposal than getting everyone to finally migrate to IPv6.

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Re:How to Pronounce the Trickiest English Words: Ask This Fr... by Dylan16807 on Friday November 03, 2023 @04:17PM (#38134434)
That's a valid stance, but if you want to take that attitude then reply to the person that suggested spelling reform in the first place, not me.
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Re:How to Pronounce the Trickiest English Words: Ask This Fr... by tivert on Sunday November 05, 2023 @02:08AM (#38149030)
I don't think he was suggesting that.
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Re:How to Pronounce the Trickiest English Words: Ask This Fr... by Dylan16807 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @10:40AM (#38152054)
The person who brought it up, if you want to be picky.

My original comment is in the context of spelling reform.

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