grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months agoIt's honestly kind of wild how unpopular Roosevelt's ideas for English spelling reform were.thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down12
arrow-up150arrow-down1imageIt's honestly kind of wild how unpopular Roosevelt's ideas for English spelling reform were.thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoEvery effort to fix English just adds more exceptions. Meanwhile everything written beforehand, or elsewhere, still uses the old way, so you often need to learn both versions.
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoÞæt wæs langsum earfoþness.
Every effort to fix English just adds more exceptions. Meanwhile everything written beforehand, or elsewhere, still uses the old way, so you often need to learn both versions.
Þæt wæs langsum earfoþness.