58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSince the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestationmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down120
arrow-up1143arrow-down1message-squareSince the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestation58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoNot sure about silent letters specifically, but we could certainly compress our language to the smallest lossless format.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·11 months ago Not sure about silent letters specifically, but we could certainly compress our language to the smallest lossless format.
minus-squareneptune@dmv.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoASL peeps should check in on this conversation
Not sure about silent letters specifically, but we could certainly compress our language to the smallest lossless format.
ASL peeps should check in on this conversation