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When was the last time English spelling was updated? (hexbear.net)
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I almost feel like English should start from scratch with spelling, There are basically no consistent rules at all. I think we should assign spelling to kindergartners who actually follow the rules of English and spell things like they should be spelled.

Quinoa -> Keen-wa

Ballet -> Baal-Eh

Design -> De-zine

etc.

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[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Geoduck
Colonel
Yacht
The whole ought/bough/dough/thorough/slough mess
Debt/receipt/island and associated re-Latinisation of spelling

I think ballet gets a pass, being a loanword. Design isn't so bad either because it's just de+sign with a bit of a shift in the consonant, although it gets messy when you dee-zine something but you give something a dez-zig-nashun - are we going long or short on the Dee part? Are we going to say the G or are we going silent on it? Can we please aim for a little bit of consistency?