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.