Don't be misled or go awry with 'book words'
theweek.com
The many ways English spelling can embarrass you
  • Blinkoblanko [he/him,they/them]
    ·
    3 years ago

    I wonder sometimes if things are spelled annoyingly on purpose to create a higher barrier for full literacy and therefore social/political participation

    • an_engel_on_earth [he/him, they/them]
      ·
      3 years ago

      I mean as its said in the article fuckers took french words respelled them to reflect their latin roots but kept pronouncing them the french way, eg colonel. If thats not a fucked up and nerdy as hell way to erect a social barrier I dont know what is