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Ediacara
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Fri Apr-06-07 09:30 PM Original message |
Why is there animosity toward modernizing English spelling? |
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raccoon
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Tue Apr-10-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I hav no animosity tord it! |
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TheBaldyMan
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Wed Apr-11-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. There is an issue of clarity with standardised spelling and grammar |
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supernova
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Fri Apr-13-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. How many lanaguages |
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pdxprog
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Tue May-20-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thing is, whose pronunciation would you standardize it to? |
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Occam Bandage
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Tue May-20-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because the only people who it would help are the people who are least able to advocate for it. |
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raccoon
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Fri May-23-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Standard radio/tv speech. |
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Occam Bandage
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Tue Jul-08-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. If it had happened centuries ago, it would be almost as useless by now as standard orthography. |
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ZombieNixon
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Thu May-22-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. There are a couple of issues with this. |
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raccoon
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Tue Jul-08-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Regarding #2, I think the way the Beach Boys talk should be the "proper" |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Tue Jun-24-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you have the patience, read The Sound Pattern of English by Chomsky and Halle |
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SheilaT
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Wed Jun-25-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. What Pdxprog said. |
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Odin2005
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Wed Aug-13-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. IMO spelling reform is definitely necessary |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sun Jun-14-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well, the vowels are problematic |
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Odin2005
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Sun Jun-14-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That is very true. |
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Warpy
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Sun May-24-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Consider the history of England |
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ZombieHorde
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Wed Aug-19-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. I would prefer a pictorial system, such as the Chinese characters. nt |
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subcomhd
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Wed Aug-26-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Don't know about that but |
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Zavulon
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Sun Jun-20-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Let French go first. |
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whathehell
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Thu May-12-11 05:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Precisely....My Russian doctor asked me why we don't modernize our spelling |
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elleng
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Thu May-12-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. Dunno. Ain't seen nuttln like dat in da lunge. |
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Jim__
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Wed May-18-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. Just about any suggested major change will incur animosity. |
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