Posted by nabla9 10/27/2024
I think the question is rather: should it? Is there a real benefit for average Joe to memorize insane amount and complexity (at least to my untrained eye) of such characters? I think my brain would just explode. I'd rather use my memory for something more creative.
"There is a bit of irony in all this: the digital technology is both a cause of and a solution to the problem."
? How is it a solution?
The first, 喷 "erupt", is not exactly common either but is at least used in a few other compounds like 喷水 "fountain".
English orthography is terrible (i.e. a single vowel can be a half-dozen letters), but there's a limit to how complicated it can be to write a word that one knows how to say.
(I'm pretty sure this isn't eye dialect: I consulted the rhyming dictionary a lot, to make sure I was swapping spellings between two words with the same phonemes. I also tried to avoid reanalysis, though some of these words might not quite achieve that.)
I would be quite surprised if someone couldn't spell that word, unless it was a child.
It’s beautiful and culturally significant, and that will never be forgotten. But it doesn’t fit well with modern writing.