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hypothetically, let's say you were tasked with simplifying the English language. how would you go about doing that, and why?

to start with an easy one, the first thing I would do is eliminate silent letters from all words and make it so no letters share sounds. for example, example would become exampel. then, because x would no longer be around or at least wouldn't have that sound, ekzampel. I would also consider eliminating mulit-letter sounds like ch, and replacing them with single characters (probably the ones that got removed).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

that's what I was thinking too towards the end but forgot to mention it specifically. I think that's the best thing to do with the unnecessary letters as it reduces the need for letter combinations.