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The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml)
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[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would it need to fix everything else? How could a single digraph swap fix any other issue than the one it is trying to address?

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The point is that spelling and pronunciation in English are basically so different they might as well be two completely different languages so why bother with that one thing in particular?

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Progress starts with small incremental steps? You could say this about almost any endeavor. At least someone is trying.