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-square20fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down119
arrow-up1141arrow-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-square20fedilink
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoNot sure about silent letters specifically, but we could certainly compress our language to the smallest lossless format.
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.
minus-squareneptune@dmv.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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