• clockwork_axolotl@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Noone should have respect for English. English does not even respect itself by having consistent grammatical rules, or by having a distinction between the letters “C” and “K”.

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      Probably none natural languages have fully consistent grammatical rules, so English is not that special here. But having the shittiest spelling, that’s the true crime

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        The lost syllables at the end of spoken French would like to have a word… Ideally a complete finished one, but we know that’s not possible

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          What would be a good argument but… Like about a third of English is literally French with a lot French spelling rules (including silent e at the end, for example) which other two thirds don’t use. At least in French, French rules work for all its words

    • erin (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      “C” has a purpose separate from sounding like “K.” It can also sound like “S,” as in “centennial”, an SH, as in “special,” or make a unique sound when paired up as “CH,” as in church. Maybe there should just be a separate character for the “CH” and “SH” sounds, but that’s not how the language developed.