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Originally Posted by ving
isnt the english we speak now just a barstardisation of what was spoken back in teh 1800s? we certainly dont speak teh same english that was spoken back then! languages morph over time it seems. maybe its time for yet another of these morphs... maybe we are fighting progress?  |
But how does phonetic spelling help, when that means everyone is free to spell any word they like however they like?
That's even more chaotic than what we have now.
Isn't a large part of the effectiveness of any given language (in written form) based upon some form of uniformity or agreed consistency?