Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site uf-csv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!uf-csv!mark From: mark@uf-csv.UUCP (mark fishman [fac]) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Spelling reform does *not* discourage reading literature Message-ID: <147@uf-csv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 01:47:15 EST Article-I.D.: uf-csv.147 Posted: Tue Dec 4 01:47:15 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 00:45:09 EST References: <388@fisher.UUCP>, <1211@dciem.UUCP> Organization: Univ of Fla, Computer and Information Science Lines: 17 --this is a null string -- oops -- Since the prevailing orthography actually *is* fairly phonetic (for the way English was spoken in the 16th century), why not resort to the simpler expedient of changing the pronunciation? And then we can keep the accumulated detritus of English literature, just as it is. I, for one, am kind of disenchanted with diphthongs, anyway. Cravinge youre indulgence, I be, Mark Fishman akgua!uf-csv!mark U.of Fla./CIS ------------------------------- "And it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any amanuensis." -------------------------------