I’ve seen similar suggestions but one of the best things about English is that w...

ktosobcy · 2024-10-10T16:35:28 1728578128

Dumb and inconsistent spelling is already a source of "annoyance" :P

SllX · 2024-10-10T18:42:56 1728585776

Yeah but we in the Anglosphere have this wonderful phrase for people that get too hung up on it: “get over it.”

I honestly don’t care if someone uses “color” or “colour” or makes ghoti jokes at the English language’s expense.

ktosobcy · 2024-10-11T10:33:41 1728642821

> Yeah but we in the Anglosphere have this wonderful phrase for people that get too hung up on it: “get over it.”

Unfortunately for the rest of the world outside of your beloved "anglosphere" using wrong spelling results in said "anglosphereian" being utterly butthurt.

Maybe the whole world should adopt universal language with saner spelling and leave english to anglosphere?

SllX · 2024-10-11T14:25:56 1728656756

> your beloved

Don’t put words in my mouth.

> Maybe the whole world should adopt universal language with saner spelling and leave english to anglosphere?

The rest of the world could. They won’t. But they could. You could use this as part of your spelling reforms: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=81 :)