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I just met an Irish guy named Costello, the fuck? How is that not Italian?

Next your gonna tell me there's an Italian name like "McPattyleanein" or something.

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[-] context@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
[-] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago
[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Irish spelling actually makes a lot of sense if you have even a little bit of background in Irish grammar, pronunciation, and language history, but the problem is that most people don't have any background at all in those things, so the letter choices just seem completely arbitrary. It's truly the "Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation." of orthography.

[-] Staines@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Gaelic is confusing to English speakers because they expect the letters to have the same sounds. Mhath (good) for example is pronounced "vah"

[-] someone@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Mhath (good) for example is pronounced "vah"

So why not anglicize it as "vah"?

[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Preserve culture

[-] context@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago
[-] Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] context@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

because in yiddish orthography the way to spell a ch sound as in cheese is טש

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