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submitted 1 week ago by MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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Cognitive dissonance on the more accurate name of “Ignored e”

Record a record? Convict a convict? What an annoying concept.

At least irregular verbs are drifting away, that’s a pleasant surprise.

fotograffy > fuhtawgruhfee I’ll die on this hill

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

You know what bugs me the most?

island - with a fake etymological "s" that was never pronounced. Compare it with German "Eiland".
people - you got to borrow French "peuple", then change that "u" into "o" for cosmetic purposes.
chaos - because you got to plop an etymological "h", except conventionally the way to transcribe Greek /kʰ/→/χ/ is "kh" instead. But no, you need to disguise that /k/ as /tʃ/.
spamming a diacritic (apostrophe) to highlight elided sounds, but not using it to solve small orthographical quirks. It would solve the first two issues you're complaining about - compare "mate" (bro) with "yerba matë", "I record it" vs. "the recórd".

[/old man screams at the clouds rant]

[–] MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago

Oh I’m in good company, this is my kinda rant 🤙

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