English words need fixing.

[Rhila]

Hello OT.

this is another thread about English language, as the one before i suggested to remove the letter C because it's useless letter in my opinion.

now we need to do more improvement to some words.

for example words like : Neighbor and Daughter.
why we need all these useless letters? remove the G and the H.
to be like this : Neibor and Dauter.
many other words also need fixing.

[Alaskan Catfish Hike]

Messaggio originale di Rhila:

Hello OT.

this is another thread about English language, as the one before i suggested to remove the letter C because it's useless letter in my opinion.

now we need to do more improvement to some words.

for example words like : Neighbor and Daughter.
why we need all these useless letters? remove the G and the H.
to be like this : ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and Dauter.
many other words also need fixing.

Messaggio originale di Rhila:

how the word Neighbor without G and H is censored?? and why??

I have no idea.
Apparently it is an obsolete spelling of neighbor and there is a tin company with the name in China. Plus I think is a last name.

[Knee]

Messaggio originale di Grimmz:

what about a word ''building'' ?

why is it called building when its already built? its not in the process of being built anymore.

that’s not a property of english syntax
that’s just what we use as a word for completed structures

[BlackBloodGhost]

You're right, neighbor is wrong. It's actually spelled neighbour. :-)

Color is wrong too, it should be colour. :-)

tho is wrong, it should be "though". :-)

And so on. :-)

As for your spelling, reading your words "Dauter" to me this doesn't sound like "daughter" at all. I mean not even a little, it has a completely different pronunciation.

"Dauter" it sounds more like "Daw-ter". It's just not right. The "gh" makes a significant difference in how it is pronounced.

I know these letters may seem insignificant when it's not your native language, but when it is, it can make a significant difference in how you read and understand the words.

[Netaris]

Yes ! Make english look even dumber, so my own language will shine even more in comparison !

[CinnamonApples]

Messaggio originale di Rhila:

Hello OT.

this is another thread about English language, as the one before i suggested to remove the letter C because it's useless letter in my opinion.

now we need to do more improvement to some words.

for example words like : Neighbor and Daughter.
why we need all these useless letters? remove the G and the H.
to be like this : ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and Dauter.
many other words also need fixing.

dont remove c bc khina would be weird and dukk also klan

[Rhila]

Messaggio originale di Alosha the Leporiphile:

Messaggio originale di Rhila:

Hello OT.

this is another thread about English language, as the one before i suggested to remove the letter C because it's useless letter in my opinion.

now we need to do more improvement to some words.

for example words like : Neighbor and Daughter.
why we need all these useless letters? remove the G and the H.
to be like this : ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and Dauter.
many other words also need fixing.

Messaggio originale di Rhila:

how the word Neighbor without G and H is censored?? and why??

I have no idea.
Apparently it is an obsolete spelling of neighbor and there is a tin company with the name in China. Plus I think is a last name.

thank you for replying to this, why Neighbor without G and H is censored?? if anyone have idea? is this word even real word in any language?

Messaggio originale di Ad Victoriam !:

Yes ! Make english look even dumber, so my own language will shine even more in comparison !

don't let me start with the French language. no french can pronounce the letter R and they still using it in half of their words, even their own country France have the letter R and they cant say it, cant be more disastrous.

[kbiz]

Messaggio originale di <{8^D_ZBigBonV_D^8}>:

Word "Women" should be changed to the "Woe of men" just as it was back in the day

Oh, the places you'll go while on OT. I haven't heard that one. Never knew the etymology.

[Tonepoet]

Maybe people should try studying why orthography developed the way it did before proposing changes. Spelling is more than just a pronunciation guide. There are other aspects to it, like linking etymological relations. That is why we spell health with an a, to link it to the word heal, even though the word health has no A sound. Similarly, it distinguishes homophones from one another: Knight and night are two separate words with very different meanings, even though they are pronounced the same.

I do not know exactly why all, most or even a significant number of the English words are spelled the way they are, but it is best to just leave well enough alone at this point. The language has been highly resilient to spelling reform ever since Noah Webster's half-successful attempt[www.merriam-webster.com], which kind of broke it more than it helped.

Even the efforts of Theodore Rosevelt and Andrew Carnegie in creating the simplified spelling board were little more than a waste. All we got out of that is that analogue and dialogue are sometimes also spelt as analog and dialog, with the latter being favored in computer settings where people were previously attempting to save every last byte of computer space they could when we only had like, 64kb of total R.A.M. in the first place.

[Lunar Fang]

People can barely speak and write the English language right now and you want to complicate it even more.

[Rhila]

Messaggio originale di Gumball v2:

Aha, and then what about spanish with their "H" letter? It's literally ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ silent and adds nothing to the word. But we still roll with that.

Spanish is unfixable. half of their letters are Th from "three or thief".
C, Z, and some other letters pronounce Th.

[Biscuit]

Messaggio originale di Grimmz:

what about a word ''building'' ?

why is it called building when its already built? its not in the process of being built anymore.

It should be "bill ding". In memorial of Bill and his ding who had an unfortunate accident while erecting his hut.

[Rhila]

Messaggio originale di Gumball v2:

Messaggio originale di Rhila:

Spanish is unfixable. half of their letters are Th from "three or thief".
C, Z, and some other letters pronounce Th.

But it ain't broken either, and there's no need to fix what ain't broke.

then they need to remove C and Z and replace them with Th. to be pronounce like what it sound like.

[Walach]

After reading this post I remembered a great "insult" someone said to me a long time ago:
You're as useful as the "ueue" in queue.
Probably not original to them, or to me. :P

[kingjames488]

Messaggio originale di Rhila:

for example words like : Neighbor and Daughter.
why we need all these useless letters? remove the G and the H.
to be like this : ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and Dauter.
many other words also need fixing.

this is why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-7WA7AHww
so you don't have southerners saying "DATR!!" and wonder if you're in texas or on the starship enterprise...

also bring back the thorn... it was useful.

[Rhila]

Messaggio originale di Gumball v2:

Messaggio originale di Rhila:

then they need to remove C and Z and replace them with Th. to be pronounce like what it sound like.

Not sure I'm following you, thought of this random ass sentence, let's break it down:

*Caja en el parque con el cuerpo del enemigo de carteles.*

This is how it's pronounced:

*Kaha en el parke kon el kuerpo del enemigo de karteles.*

I don't see a problem.

this is not how Spanish people say it.
"Thaha" for the first word.