58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSince the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestationmessage-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down120
arrow-up1146arrow-down1message-squareSince the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestation58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·11 months ago Not sure about silent letters specifically, but we could certainly compress our language to the smallest lossless format.