58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSince the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestationmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down120
arrow-up1145arrow-down1message-squareSince the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestation58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoI agree and would go further, simplifying words so they more closely match how you pronounce them. So that there are not 3 completely different words, written exactly the same.
I agree and would go further, simplifying words so they more closely match how you pronounce them. So that there are not 3 completely different words, written exactly the same.