@ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 days agoWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down11
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minus-square@doleo@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglish19•5 days agoEnglish would benefit from using tilde and other inflection marks, especially to help non natives predict syllable stress. Having words from multiple languages integrated into English means it’s difficult to predict how words will be pronounced.
minus-squarethisisbutanamelinkfedilink7•5 days agoYeah, English using accents to mark stress would be very useful
minus-square@daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink1•4 days agoI just wish my language didn’t had any tildes. They are tiring to write and easily forgotten.
English would benefit from using tilde and other inflection marks, especially to help non natives predict syllable stress.
Having words from multiple languages integrated into English means it’s difficult to predict how words will be pronounced.
Yeah, English using accents to mark stress would be very useful
I just wish my language didn’t had any tildes. They are tiring to write and easily forgotten.