How Insurmountable a Problem is English Orthography?
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English orthography is not "close to optimal"
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عنوان ژورنال: Yearbook of the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2603-4204
DOI: 10.33919/flcy.19.2.10