why are silent letters kept in the word’s spelling? Why can’t it be just Jango in place of Django?
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One big reason is consistency. People usually don’t really read words phonetically, i.e. by sounding them out. They see groupings of letters in context and turn them directly into words. Tihs is why stneneecs lkie tihs are otfen sitll radealbe! And why people still write “through” or “light” when they make no sense phonetically compared to “thru” or “lite.” Jango may make more sense, but Django is what people are used to reading and writing.
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