Article RYVP Mathematicians prove the triviality of English

Mathematicians prove the triviality of English

by
Alex Bellos
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Thanks to our pronunciation rules, when you do algebra on the alphabet, everything reduces to 1

Many words in English are homophones. That is, they are pronounced the same but are spelt differently.

For example AISLE and ISLE

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