• Kelly@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They might be silent when spoken but still offer disambiguation between words/meanings when written e.g. “dam” vs “damn”.

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      1 year ago

      Many words are written the same way. In both cases, context is what does the actual trick. If you read “the damn was 10 meters high” it goes as far as assuming a typo.

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        1 year ago

        If it was written out as “God damn that damn is 10 meters tall” People would complain that they’re spelled the same way.

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          1 year ago

          Another example: “Dam that river!” vs. “Damn that river!” could be confused.

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        1 year ago

        True context helps - but I wouldn’t want to consciously smurfify the language.

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          I agree and would go further, simplifying words so they more closely match how you pronounce them. So that there are not 3 completely different words, written exactly the same.