I feel like this thread is aimed at one user lol.
Anyway, every time I see that thing, I just see a "b" and I read the thing as a "b" because it makes everything they write hilarious, "bere I was in be born bush"
I feel like this thread is aimed at one user lol.
Anyway, every time I see that thing, I just see a "b" and I read the thing as a "b" because it makes everything they write hilarious, "bere I was in be born bush"
Perhaps you should spearhead an initiative on turning existing letters into digraphs.
For example, 'x' should probably be 'ks'. 'w' very much yearns to be 'vv', and 'm' looks like 'nn'. 'Y' is obviously just 'ie'. 'q' is a failed letter – make it 'kh' like in all the bad science fiction. In fact, all the harsh consonants like 'k', 't' and 'p' should be digraphs: 'gh', 'dh' and 'bh'.
Do ieou lighe mie eghsannbhles?
i think english should clean up its vowel pronunciation first... ghoti-isms isn't a thing in most languages
Funnily enough, x is often enough referred to as "iks" in my language (Croatian), and w is "duplo V" (double V) (but WWW is read as VVV).
Q, however, absolutely SLAPS as a letter.
Yeah, it's dumb, makes no sense, it's harder to read, used nowhere else in english anymore, and is just one fella on here using it for, let's say "reasons". All your points are correct.
Still, I can't hold it against them for using it. Variety is the spice of life, and it is an interesting thing to learn about... I just don't support reviving it into mainstream. Just like the dinosaurs.
Your linguists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to consider whether they should.
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