Reversing Babbleonian Knonsense: A Global Challenge

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The discussion revolves around the concept of language confusion stemming from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, exploring the potential for reversing this confusion in modern language, particularly English spelling. Participants express various viewpoints on spelling reform and the implications of language evolution.

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  • One participant references the biblical myth of the Tower of Babel to illustrate the confusion in language and questions if it is possible to reverse this confusion in the context of globalization.
  • Another participant challenges the idea of reversing language confusion, suggesting it may go against divine will.
  • A participant humorously suggests that the spelling of "knife" could be simplified to "nife," questioning the necessity of the letter 'k'.
  • A link to a website is shared, presumably related to the topic of language or spelling reform.
  • One participant outlines a detailed plan for reforming English spelling over several years, proposing the elimination of certain letters and the simplification of spelling rules.
  • A participant introduces a personal note about their family background, which appears unrelated to the main topic of discussion.

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Participants express a range of opinions on the feasibility and desirability of language reform, with no consensus reached on the topic. Some support the idea of simplifying spelling, while others question the implications of such changes.

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The discussion includes various assumptions about language evolution and the role of spelling in communication, with some proposals lacking clarity on implementation and potential impacts.

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According to biblian myth the languages of the people got confused while building the Tower of Babel

And sure enough it was very confusing to learn that "know" was not pronounced KKKno but like 'no', ignoring the k, Babelonian language confusion.

Then I just happened to bump into this youtube,



Sad, but what struck me is that Knut was pronounced as 'noot' rather than KKKnoot or perhaps Canoot, if it's too hard to recognize a 'k' before an 'n'. The way the Germans named him and how it should be pronounced.

With the growing globalisation, is there any way we can reverse this process of babbleonian knonsense?
 
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is there any way we can reverse this process of babbleonian knonsense?

And go agaiknst god's will? You blasphemy!
 
Knife.
Perhaps it should be "Nife"
Why the letter K... makes no sense.
Maybe it just looks good. Who knows.
 
I post this from time to time.
Mark Twain (attributed) said:
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s," and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g / j" anomali wonse and for all.

Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c," "y," and "x" - bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez - tu riplais "ch," "sh," and "th" rispektivli.

Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
 
Hi you all! I married into the Twain famila. :!)
 

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