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by eequah9L 2493 days ago
In Czech, some "y" vs. "i" can't be deduced. Schoolchildren need to drill the words that use "y". Similarly to what "ѣ" had with бѣдный блѣдный бѣлый бѣсъ, except our thing doesn't even rhyme :) (Not that I'm complaining. As you note, English is vastly worse in this regard.)