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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In English extra letters could solve a problem as many letters are pronounced differently depending on context making it not very intuitive to spell some words.

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  • [–] 1 point 22 hours ago (1 child)

    That would be kind of going against language's natural evolution. Many words used to be spelled with way more letters than they are today.

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  • [–] 1 point 17 hours ago

    That would be kind of going against language’s natural evolution.

    If you can live with horrible changes like million-milliard-billion-biliard changed to million-billion-trillion-quadrillion you can do actually convenient changes.

    Every other language except English does it the old way. And translating one system to another is a garbage experience

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