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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Are you not the one fighting to go back to the previous status quo? Are you not the one fighting change, something that language naturally goes through over time? What is your problem with change? Why do you want to make communication more difficult than it already is?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

The only reason English abandonned the letters ð and þ is because we switched to using the French alphabet. I'm not sure I would describe that as natural change.