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by sergeykish 329 days ago
English is my third language, first two use phonetic alphabet. Blaming bad spelling on ITA is like German, Spanish speakers blaming own languages.

English spelling is a facade. Real English can be seen when sentences written in IPA. Having visual confirmation of sound feels refreshing.

ITA "lief ov a fisherman" is neither phonetic nor English. It replaced broken system with another broken system.