@matrix I wish english would use 20 writing systems that change based on 100 different arbitrary factors. But then some autists would still learn it to read "warhammer" books in their original version
@matrix actually when I think about it, english does have that for pronounciation
@teto Most of these used to have a consistent pronunciation and then the sound used basically dissappeared (possibly due to post black death social changes).
Yeah, english has retarded pronunciations for some words but they feel less random than Japanese imo
@JulioReich @matrix last adjustments in German were like in the early 2000s... Some boomers refuse to adapt to it but it just made sense. Like logical sense.
@JulioReich @matrix and yes it does make reading older German texts harder. But you just learn to do that once and then you're fine reading 1930s German news papers just fine. Which also has adjustments of their own from previous conventions.
@JulioReich @matrix yeah and if you go back far enough they just speak saxon (German). Either way that's a bad reason to never update spellings
A classic example of English pronunciation inconsistency is the "ough" spelling, which can be pronounced in multiple ways depending on the word:
"though" → /ðoʊ/ (like "go")
"through" → /θruː/ (like "true")
"tough" → /tʌf/ (like "cuff")
"cough" → /kɒf/ (like "off")
"drought" → /drɔːt/ (like "bought")
"hiccough" → /ˈhɪkəp/ (like "hiccup")