English, Furigana, and the Problems of Spelling Reform

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Let's ignore the fact that I used narrow transcription for schwa (should have been broad, I know, but I'm not redoing this video AGAIN).
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A sequel to the videos:
   • When Spelling Reforms Work  
   • That Time Everyone in France Freaked Out A...  
and    • The Worst Spelling Reform Idea of All Time  

Videos about Japanese I referenced:
   • JAPANESE WRITING SYSTEM  
   • The Hardest Writing System! - an animated ...  
   • The Japanese Writing System in a Nutshell  
   • Understanding the Japanese Writing System  

0:00 Intro
2:18 Japanese
3:56 The Reform


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Translations:
Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
Merc - Japanese

#linguistics #spelling #japanese