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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

people who speak a language with a decent spelling system

So not the fuckin' French then 🧐 😂🤣😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇬🇧 🫖🎩 laughs in Her Majesty's English

(On a related note, does anyone else have this much fun lampooning British nationalism?)

Edit: Only Parisians are downvoting this, glory to Britannia

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Playing Rule Britannia (bass boosted) over voice chat when you declare war on your friends with a huge navy in Civ is great

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Brb, booting up Civ V, the best Civ

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Gotta be honest I like VI better. V is great for sure, but I think that VI offers far more variety in terms of viable gameplay approaches and interesting decisons to make. Each to their own, of course, I'm not about to tell anyone that they aren't allowed to prefer V

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Reminds me of WorstPremadeEver in Pulsar: Lost Colony

FIRE THE BREXIT BEAM

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Alors oui je confirme, l’orthographe du français c’est bien de la merde!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't speak French but isn't pronunciation quite straightforward while not intuitive? There are letters that are always silent at the end and vowels go wild but once you know which is which, you're not confused that <oi> is /wa/ anymore since it's consistent. No <gh> that can be anything

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Same in English. You can intuit which words follow Latin rules, which words follow Greek rules, and which words follow Germanic rules. Once you have a feel for it, spelling starts to feel natural for some fucking reason