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can we reform english orþography please? it makes absolutely
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can we reform english orþography please? it makes absolutely no sense
how about we bring back þ and ð for a start
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>>61491401
sod off, God wrote the bible with 26 letters and that's all I need.
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>>61491401
>implying it's not perfect as is
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>>61491466
its confusing af
>>61491440
ðe bible was written in hebrew
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>>61491509
>ðe bible was written in hebrew
god speaks english just like everyone else
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>>61491401
The word orthography comes from greek so it makes no sense to write it this way
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The gooks' ideograms don't seem so silly now, do they?
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those characters stick out like a sore thumb that they are different

make some new characters that fill their purpose and fit in seamlessly with the current alphabet
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>>61491401
ðis þought ämazes me
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>>61491933
›American education (and aeþetic sense)
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>>61491563
god speaks hebrew but everyone else in heaven speaks irish
>>61491933
it works for icelandic
>>61492026
æsþetik
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>>61491933
>being ðis þick
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>>61492192
>æsþetik
meant for >>61492101
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>>61492101
>>61492192
>>61492234
It looks fine with other languages, but just tossing only those two into the English alphabet would be jarring. Might as well go all the way and add everything.
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>>61492299
Ðat's ðe plan
ð and þ are just ðe st
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>>61492380
Oh, carry on then.
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No/
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>>61492380
gr8
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>>61491509
It was written in Aramaic, shitlord
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for all its peculiarities english just works

changing it would not make it more efficient
the adaptability of english comes from it's ability to fit foreign words for it's own usage

orthographic considerations would actually hinder this because of the usage of non-latin letters
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>>61491401
ðe wörld also needs more umlauts.. Cän you make it wörk, please?
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шчы дoнт шe йycт yce тчe cyпepиop цыpиллиц aлпчaбeт?
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write -> wrijt
just -> dshust
carry -> kjarre

pronunciations do not change.
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