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Has anyone ever tried to lay out a minimal standard for English spelling and communication? That sounds like an interesting idea to me, and it's also kind of fu
by WilliamLP 17y ago
Has anyone ever tried to lay out a minimal standard for English spelling and communication? That sounds like an interesting idea to me, and it's also kind of funny that almost anyone who has a violent dislike for Java's verbosity would also violently resist the suggestion to make their written communication more efficient.
- branden 17y agoVerbosity is not word length, and efficiency of communication is not measured in characters.
- WilliamLP 17y agoI do get that, but efficiency of _typing_ can be rather directly measured in characters. I also get the point that part of the reason we (as a species) make language difficult is as a signaling mechanism: we can quickly identify people who aren't able to use it correctly (even if we understand precisely what they mean.)
- asnyder 17y agoThere is, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_spelling_reform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_spelling_reform for more information.