Proposal to drop the letter J from English.

[david@theblower.au]

Proposal to drop the letter J from English.

It is the letter with the biggest identity crisis.

Jelly - sounds like a soft G
Jalapeño - sounds like an H
Juanita - sounds like a W
Ja - (ok this is germanic, but still) - sounds like a Y

It really is a pointless letter.

[triskerslake@theblower.au]

@david Unless your name is Jasper, Jay or Jack or John, or if you drink juice.

[david@theblower.au]

@Triskerslake Giasper, Giay, Gohn and sugo (wait, no that’s Italian) ;-)

[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]

@david @Triskerslake surely you mean sukko (the Italian word for juice in most cases would be succo, but since you all want to also get rid of Cs…)

[david@theblower.au]

@valhalla @Triskerslake dammit, yes, you are correct.

[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]

@david @Triskerslake not that there is really a difference between G and C, back in *my* time¹ you'd just have C and you just knew how to pronounce it!

¹ why think about the Roman empire when you can think about the Roman *kingdom*² :D

² or early republic, wikipedia tells me that G was added probably in the 3rd century BC