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[–] CanadaPlus 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I've seen enough French spelling to get it, though, and I don't really speak French. English spelling is still often hard as a native speaker.

You guys can have second place, our system is the most ass "bar none".

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Our system needs a deep reform; yours needs to burn to the ground and fully rebuild.

[–] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago

Uh oh, the internet is starting the Napoleonic Wars 2: Electric Waterloo.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Okay English is weird but y'all got nothing on Japanese. I mean what the hell is this?

[–] CanadaPlus 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Multiple systems of writing at once is terrible in a different way, yes. I hear they still have page rendering issues in 2025.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

I was more talking about the number of readings for one character but yeah that too.