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I mean, aren't we using mostly Latin letters and sounds to spell non-Latin words?
There's a phonetic English alphabet out there. Some Scottish poet commissioned it years ago.
It is named after him. But I am an uncultured swine and can't remember who it is at the moment.
The Shavian Alphabet!
Boom. #nailedit