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

I'm pretty sure someone fucked up this timeline because that's definitely something from Idiocracy (2006)

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

Name a language without weird exceptions. I think in most this is still impressive.

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

balkan ones: serbian croatian, slovenian, ...

you read as you write, no bogus letters(and sounds)

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

Now I personally don't know those but I'm sure there are still some weird words that are spelled in an unexpected way, especially if we include words that originated from other languages.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What we usualy do is write ~~what re~~(edit: how we) read e.g.:
transit -> tranzit
scale -> skala
band -> bend
buisness -> biznis
display -> displej

eins -> anjs
anlasser -> anlaser
ziegel -> cigla
ziehverschluss -> cifersluš

böbrek -> bubreg
yastık-> jastuk

reggipetto -> ređipet
scatola -> škatola
asciugamano -> šugaman

ambassade -> ambasada
clochard -> klošar
directeur -> direktor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That's actually really cool

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

Spanish. I have a meme about it, I'll post it in the coming days

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

I'll be back to check it out.

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

Korean. It has exceptions, but not weird exceptions, and* they follow consistent rules.

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