Re: Regularized Inglish
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 30, 1999, 3:20 |
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"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> Besides, if you're going to distinguish homophones, why not be
> consistent? Why not distinguish the two very different meanings
> of the word written <lie>?
True. And those should be made distinct. I'd be in favor of a reform
that distinguished homophones like the two {lie}'s. I don't think they
went far enough when they standardized spellings to fix some homophones
like flour/flower.
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