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minus-squareDieguito 🦝@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoAfter this I won’t ever complain about English spelling system any more. Other European languages having phonetic spellings fail miserably e.g. Italian undici + due = dodici + uno Spanish: once + dos = doce + uno Fr*nch: onze + deux = douze + un Romanian: unsprezece + doi = doisprezece + unu (almost there! only a “u” remains)
minus-squarefrank@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year ago日本語：十一 + 二 = 十二 + 一 It works in japanese just fine, in large part because it’s (written and phonetic) just “ten one” and “ten two”
After this I won’t ever complain about English spelling system any more.
Other European languages having phonetic spellings fail miserably e.g.
日本語：十一 + 二 = 十二 + 一
It works in japanese just fine, in large part because it’s (written and phonetic) just “ten one” and “ten two”
Have my upvote for menioning Romania