I think that equating respect for language with usage of the letter and vague guilt-tripping of people who don’t use it is elitist.
the replacement of ‘ё’ with ‘е’
It’s the other way around, actually, ‘e’ is the original letter and sound, the sound changed by the 18th century or so (as far as I’m aware) and then the modified letter was proposed but never made generally mandatory. People aren’t replacing anything, they’re writing same as always.
‘его’ is at least a typical consistent rule, mapping to the pronunciation ‘ево’ in the same places in various words
The name Егор doesn’t follow it, but моего and сегодня do. Why? You have to explain the etymology of сегодня at the very least to make sense of it, undermining the consistency.
equating respect for language with usage of the letter and vague guilt-tripping of people who don’t use it is elitist
Indeed, anyone using ‘q’ is better than others.
Oh wait, could you please check real quick if ‘ё’, a letter of the alphabet taught in school, maps unambiguously to a specific sound?
the modified letter was proposed but never made generally mandatory
Well maybe it was proposed because ‘ё’ denotes a very particular sound? Which, notably, Western languages can never quite approximate with their feeble ‘yo’ attempts, though Nordic languages do have a vaguely similar ‘ø’ or somesuch.
The name Егор doesn’t follow it, but моего and сегодня do. Why?
Well, perhaps because the letters are in a different position? Why is /ˈlɔɹəns/ of Arabia not pronounced akin to /ˈsɛsəl/ B. Demille?
I think that equating respect for language with usage of the letter and vague guilt-tripping of people who don’t use it is elitist.
It’s the other way around, actually, ‘e’ is the original letter and sound, the sound changed by the 18th century or so (as far as I’m aware) and then the modified letter was proposed but never made generally mandatory. People aren’t replacing anything, they’re writing same as always.
The name Егор doesn’t follow it, but моего and сегодня do. Why? You have to explain the etymology of сегодня at the very least to make sense of it, undermining the consistency.
Indeed, anyone using ‘q’ is better than others.
Oh wait, could you please check real quick if ‘ё’, a letter of the alphabet taught in school, maps unambiguously to a specific sound?
Well maybe it was proposed because ‘ё’ denotes a very particular sound? Which, notably, Western languages can never quite approximate with their feeble ‘yo’ attempts, though Nordic languages do have a vaguely similar ‘ø’ or somesuch.
Well, perhaps because the letters are in a different position? Why is /ˈlɔɹəns/ of Arabia not pronounced akin to /ˈsɛsəl/ B. Demille?
So yeah, you haven’t really responded to the statement that your position is elitist, or at least smartassery that no linguist actually supports.
Indeed. And then it wasn’t made generally mandatory, and then the Russian language continued to work fine.
Why would that be remotely notable here? We’re talking about Russian spelling of Russian language.
And what is that position that makes the difference?