From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!npois!npoiv!harpo!uwvax!jon
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: island
Article-I.D.: uwvax.488
Posted: Fri Jul 16 11:50:19 1982
Received: Sat Jul 17 04:59:58 1982

Spelling island with an 's' was ritzy then,
it is part of the language now.
The whole language is stupid; so what.  You'll notice that Esperanto,
Occidental, Loglan, and a host of others haven't caught on.
English is a great language because it's so incredibly *human*.
Love it or leave it.