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[-] taaz@biglemmowski.win 15 points 10 months ago

Most slavic languages probably don't have spelling contests - what you say has mostly exact textual representation, except some letters that can sound alike when spoken.

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The more I learn about other languages the more I realize that most languages do that. English probably also did that before it became mixed with french

[-] Coolishguy@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

English spelling wasn't even remotely standardized at that time. So phonetic was pretty much all there was

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