| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
|---|---|
| Date: | Thursday, September 30, 1999, 14:30 |
Nik Taylor scripsit:> 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.Originally these were simply the same word: powdered sulfur is still called "flower of sulfur", although "flour of sulfur" would make more sense. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin