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They may be useful, but they make a language much harder to learn to speak correctly, which is a downside for a lingua franca.
by twiss 9y ago
They may be useful, but they make a language much harder to learn to speak correctly, which is a downside for a lingua franca.
- fkistner 9y agoBut so do inconsistent spellings. There is a reason, most languages apart from English have no use for spelling bees. [1] [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/30/spelling-bees-are-only-fun-in-english-heres-what-other-countries-do-instead/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/30/spell...