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From: mark@uf-csv.UUCP (mark fishman [fac])
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Spelling reform does *not* discourage reading literature
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 01:47:15 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 01:47:15 1984
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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
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