From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxi!houxs!wilner Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: island Article-I.D.: houxs.151 Posted: Tue Jul 13 13:05:42 1982 Received: Wed Jul 14 01:56:46 1982 References: watmath.2989 Well, another view of spelling reform holds that Wednesday, which used to be Woden's Day, be spelled Woden's Day. It may still be pronounced W'n's Day. But then, Boston used to be Saint Botolph's Town, pronounced 'Bo's To'n. Is the point of spelling reform (a) clarity in pronounciation, (b) simplicity in writing, (c) reversal of accidents by illiterates (e.g., island), (d) arrogance of language architects, or any of the above? --Wayne Wilner (houxs!wilner)