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[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

See my answers in the comment chain here for why that would only be a temporary solution, and why you'd need to revamp the spelling again at least every few decades after that.

Korean pronunciation has already changed since the adoption of hangul as well, resulting in many of the inconsistencies I detail in that comment chain that will only become more ...pronounced... over time.