What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/193/ (link found by BunScientist@lemmy.zip)) Edit: it’s to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.

  • Bloomcole@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Pretty much only native speakers have problems with this

    That makes no sense since they would use it more, however native speakers from the US do have problems with it, and other words (they’re/their).

    Rarely encounter it with others.
    Their spelling is embarrassing, same as their very limited vocabulary. IDK what they do in schools.

    • bigfondue@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      Native speakers acquire the language before learning to read. Remember, writing is a representation of spoken language not the other way round.