• Eheran@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Many words are written the same way. In both cases, context is what does the actual trick. If you read “the damn was 10 meters high” it goes as far as assuming a typo.

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      1 year ago

      True context helps - but I wouldn’t want to consciously smurfify the language.

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        1 year ago

        I agree and would go further, simplifying words so they more closely match how you pronounce them. So that there are not 3 completely different words, written exactly the same.

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      1 year ago

      If it was written out as “God damn that damn is 10 meters tall” People would complain that they’re spelled the same way.

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        1 year ago

        Another example: “Dam that river!” vs. “Damn that river!” could be confused.