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[–] [email protected] 73 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Fucking English, dumb language held together by tape and desperation.

Most languages don't need spelling lessons.

[–] Anticorp 69 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Some of them need extensive drawing lessons.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

+15 social credit and 1 catwife

[–] PopShark 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

At least then you know how to draw!

[–] blanketswithsmallpox 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, more like has stupid rules because of loan words. Just English them or make up your own lmfao. It's almost 7/8 of the reasons for anything that makes you go, why?

[–] marcos 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah, more like has stupid rules because of loan words.

All languages loan words. Many languages don't have a problem mapping spelling to pronunciation.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Right? Fuck their original spelling. Just translate to your alphabet appropriately and fuck the rest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Isn't for example "read" an original word? It's still messed up