• pedz@lemmy.ca
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      Some people like linguistics. There are several communities about reforming English or its spelling. There’s also some YouTubers making videos on that subject.

      The YouTuber Rob Words has a whole playlist about the alphabet used in English, and how it could be changed.

      I hope the person is not getting downvoted just because they are spelling differently.

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        23 hours ago

        We don’t really need to bring bak antikwated letters like the thorn. If anything, we kould do to get rid of a few more letters.

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          Yes. I would think that English having so many exceptions to it’s rules, and so many ways to pronounce a letter, could deal with symplifiying, such as; de=the, dos=those…

          I like how Spanish is mostly phonetic.