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I can understands some of the merits of adopting Latin, but maybe forking English would be enough. The EU is already publishing guidelines about correct English
by samus 4y ago
I can understands some of the merits of adopting Latin, but maybe forking English would be enough. The EU is already publishing guidelines about correct English usage[0]. Dropping these and formalizing something else, as the Americans have done thanks to Noah Webster's efforts[1], would be enough to complete the split.
Edit: since most English speakers in the EU speak it as a second language, it would be an opportunity to adopt a radical, pronunciation-based spelling system. It would massively simplify efforts to learn it, and if it works well enough, it could spread outside the EU as well. It would be ironic if the deliverance of English from its broken ortography would come from the EU.
[0] https://eca.europa.eu/other%20publications/en_terminology_publication/en_terminology_publication.pdf https://eca.europa.eu/other%20publications/en_terminology_pu...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster#Blue-backed_speller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster#Blue-backed_spell...