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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Since the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestation

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Since the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestation

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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Not sure about silent letters specifically, but we could certainly compress our language to the smallest lossless format.

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