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		jfk13 on Oct 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Awful German Language (1880) > This is unnecessary and could be fixed. Fixed how? By revising the orthography to accurately reflect pronunciation? (If so, whose?) Some English words have major variations in pronunciation in different regions (of the world, or indeed just of England). Should the revised spellings differ between regions?

konschubert on Oct 6, 2018 [–]

> By revising the orthography to accurately reflect pronunciation?

Yes. That's a normal thing that most languages do every century or so.

Of course you have to compromise between dialects, but that's doable.

You could also start by just removing some of the worst insanities.

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