Re: Aesthetics, etc. was Re: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 15:00:03 -0400, Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
wrote:

>On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Robert Hailman wrote:
>
>>David Peterson wrote:
>>>
>>> In a message dated 4/8/01 2:12:01 AM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
>>>
>>> << If aesthetics were to dictate, English is in dire need of
>>> a spelling reform, IMNSHO.
>>>  >>
>>>
>>> I will defend those "gh"'s to the death!
>>
>>Yeah! If aesthetics were to dicate, I'd keep English exactly as it is.
>>Maybe throw in a few random umlauts, and a handful more "gh"s.
>
>Right. Perhaps bring back thorn into common use. Tis such a
>pretty letter!
Hear! Hear!

And yogh! And a few circumflexes. And some ae/oe ligatures!

(but not edh: reminds of IPA)

3iesterdæi3

Awlle mý' tròbbles soemde sô fæorr awe3e
Núw 'itt lóckes a'se þôw3h þeÿ're hére tó stæiÿ...

:)

Basilius
>
>Padraic.
>
>>Robert