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> The German rule seems entirely pointless and counterproductive. The rule provides visual hints for how to pronounce words. I think that is way more useful th
by kapep 7y ago
> The German rule seems entirely pointless and counterproductive.
The rule provides visual hints for how to pronounce words. I think that is way more useful than slightly increasing the readability by joining glyphs without context.
- wirrbel 7y agoi makes a lot of sense, just think of Kaufleute = Kauf ++ leute (merchant / trader, from kaufen = to buy) Kaufläche = Kau ++ fläche (chewing surface / morsal surface from kauen = to chew) But I am sure only professional typographers + a small minority of pedants (in the good sense) would be aware of this.