On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Steve D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:01 am, Mikhail V wrote: > >> And just in case still its not clear: this is not >> solved by adding dirt around the letter: if there is >> enough significance of the phoneme distinction then >> one should add a distinct letter for a syntax in question. > > It isn't "dirt", any more than difference between Ш (SHA) and Щ (SHCHA) > is "dirt", or between F and E is "dirt". > > In Swedish, Å, Ä, and Ö are distinct letters of the alphabet. In Danish and > Norwegian, Æ Ø and Å are distinct letters of the alphabet. Just as in English > W > is a distinct letter of the alphabet, different from either VV or UU. > > (I don't think any native English words use a double-V or double-U, but the > possibility exists.)
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