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[–] ox0r@jlai.lu 100 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because english is just semi random noises

[–] victron@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

Truer words were never spoken.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most languages are, but english goes out of its way in being phonetically retarded

[–] ox0r@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago

My favorite example is the word "yacht"