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)