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milesroutyesterday at 7:34 AM1 replyview on HN

It will likely end up like many other more phonetic spellings: an indicator of ignorance, but more acceptable in America than elsewhere.


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hosejayesterday at 9:33 AM

English is spelled phonetically. Just not Modern English phonetically but Middle English phonetically. And then it froze into ideography because of printing press.