Re:Why English doesn't use accents
by 6P58r3MXJSLi on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @03:50AM
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> Just because the rules are complex and full of exceptions doesn't mean there's no sense
That's exactly what "makes no sense" means, actually.
> demonstrated that English is compressible
of course it is
> which means there must be some patterns
Of course there are. Patterns are (almost) everywhere - even PI is normal, but not random - but patterns in English make little or no sense for a language born and developed among, in the same era and having close contact with, a lot of other much more regular languages. The two facts are orthogonal.
Even Sumerian is more regular than modern English...
That's exactly what "makes no sense" means, actually.
> demonstrated that English is compressible
of course it is
> which means there must be some patterns
Of course there are. Patterns are (almost) everywhere - even PI is normal, but not random - but patterns in English make little or no sense for a language born and developed among, in the same era and having close contact with, a lot of other much more regular languages. The two facts are orthogonal.
Even Sumerian is more regular than modern English...