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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure someone fucked up this timeline because that's definitely something from Idiocracy (2006)

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Name a language without weird exceptions. I think in most this is still impressive.

[–] DampCanary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

balkan ones: serbian croatian, slovenian, ...

you read as you write, no bogus letters(and sounds)

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now I personally don't know those but I'm sure there are still some weird words that are spelled in an unexpected way, especially if we include words that originated from other languages.

[–] DampCanary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

What we usualy do is write ~~what re~~(edit: how we) read e.g.:
transit -> tranzit
scale -> skala
band -> bend
buisness -> biznis
display -> displej

eins -> anjs
anlasser -> anlaser
ziegel -> cigla
ziehverschluss -> cifersluš

böbrek -> bubreg
yastık-> jastuk

reggipetto -> ređipet
scatola -> škatola
asciugamano -> šugaman

ambassade -> ambasada
clochard -> klošar
directeur -> direktor

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's actually really cool

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Spanish. I have a meme about it, I'll post it in the coming days

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'll be back to check it out.

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