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is this even an argument against english? i can't really find the point he harps on about chinese and japanese for a bit (both objectively worse at being a ling

is this even an argument against english? i can't really find the point he harps on about chinese and japanese for a bit (both objectively worse at being a lingua franca in so many ways) and then talks about spelling and pronunciation which i think misses the point entirely as these can be easily fixed with a modified simple english. what language in widespread use is objectively better than english?

kuschku 11y ago
> what language in widespread use is objectively better than english? For example, a good language should use lots of composita — you’d only know a small number of words, and be able to easily explain more complex words – each word is a description of its meaning. You’d also want to have a way to use complex grammar, but be understandable. English has nothing like these.