• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    In German this rule is supplemented with ⟨h⟩, ⟨ß⟩, and vowel doubling. Perhaps it’s worth to check if English couldn’t borrow some of those conventions.

    English does sporadically use vowel doubling and ⟨h⟩ to lengthen vowels, but as ever, there’s no consistency.