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1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Saturday, 05-May-2018 01:47:13 EDT clacke
   I feel bad for the poor children who need to be subjected to English spelling the first thing they do when they start reading and writing.
   
   Ideally it would be a spelling system that makes total sense, like German or Norwegian. But compared to English, Swedish isn't half bad.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 05-May-2018 05:33:34 EDT lnxw48a1

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      @clacke Yeah, English pulls words from many other languages, so it isn't consistent in its spelling.
      1. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Saturday, 05-May-2018 11:52:22 EDT clacke

         in reply to
         @lnxw48a1 Both German and Norwegian had recent spelling reforms. Swedish is still spelled as it was spoken in the late 1800s, plus some even older vestigial spellings.
         
         Now, Chinese on the other hand ... We are both learning together as he brings home his homework from preschool. :-)
         
         And of course as we're here in HK, he is getting the English as well. So yeah, there's reason to feel bad for him. :-)