Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tove.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!tove!liz From: liz@tove.UUCP (Liz Allen) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Spelling Reform Message-ID: <34@tove.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 19:44:52 EST Article-I.D.: tove.34 Posted: Sat Nov 3 19:44:52 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Nov-84 22:36:56 EST References: <179@scc.UUCP> <2696@ncsu.UUCP> <4483@fortune.UUCP> <2701@ncsu.UUCP> <1287@ihuxq.UUCP> <1303@ihuxq.UUCP> <204@cybvax0.UUCP> Reply-To: liz@tove.UUCP (Liz Allen) Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 30 Summary: rite. Once, a couple adult students who were previously non-literate came to a class and learned some of the basics of reading and writing. They couldn't stay more than a few days or so, but did take a couple of the reading books with them when they left. Within a month or so, they returned knowing how to read! I'm not sure about advocating reforming English spelling completely, though some reform would probably be useful. One problem I can foresee is that we could lose our literature written in pre-reform days. After a new generation had learned to read in new-spell, they would find it very difficult to read literature in the old spelling -- that would create a real big generation gap! Anyone for getting all books written in English computer scanned and reproduced in new-spell? -- -Liz Allen Univ of Maryland, College Park MD Usenet: ...!seismo!umcp-cs!liz Arpanet: liz@maryland "This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all" -- 1 John 1:5