Blaze (he/him) to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1494arrow-down127
arrow-up1467arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squarecazssiew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months agoIn french we have “concours d’orthographe”. Pronunciation is pretty consistent, but we add a dozen letters for every sound we utter, so spelling’s still a mess.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 months agoI’ve seen enough French spelling to get it, though, and I don’t really speak French. English spelling is still often hard as a native speaker. You guys can have second place, our system is the most ass “bar none”.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoOkay English is weird but y’all got nothing on Japanese. I mean what the hell is this?
minus-squarepseudo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoOur system needs a deep reform; yours needs to burn to the ground and fully rebuild.
minus-squareMonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoUh oh, the internet is starting the Napoleonic Wars 2: Electric Waterloo.
In french we have “concours d’orthographe”. Pronunciation is pretty consistent, but we add a dozen letters for every sound we utter, so spelling’s still a mess.
I’ve seen enough French spelling to get it, though, and I don’t really speak French. English spelling is still often hard as a native speaker.
You guys can have second place, our system is the most ass “bar none”.
Okay English is weird but y’all got nothing on Japanese. I mean what the hell is this?
Our system needs a deep reform; yours needs to burn to the ground and fully rebuild.
Uh oh, the internet is starting the Napoleonic Wars 2: Electric Waterloo.