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Showerthoughts

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[–] BodePlotHole 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] aliceblossom 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] BodePlotHole 1 points 7 months ago

Boom. #nailedit