allthingslinguistic: I disagree with this xkcd, but it’s nonetheless amusing (alphabets are us
allthingslinguistic:I disagree with this xkcd, but it’s nonetheless amusing (alphabets are useful for function words and other kinds of abstraction, not just inflection). The hovertext, however, I can definitely co-sign: "Or maybe, because we’re suddenly having so many conversations through written text, we’ll start relying MORE on altered spelling to indicate meaning!“ “Wat.” -- source link
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