58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year ago Not sure about silent letters specifically, but we could certainly compress our language to the smallest lossless format.
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