Re: Aesthetics, etc. was Re: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)
| From: | Oskar Gudlaugsson <hr_oskar@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 9, 2001, 1:19 |
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(I should have posted this here, so I repost from the "Blandness" thread)
On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 14:35:33 -0400, Robert Hailman <robert@...>
wrote:
>David Peterson wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 4/8/01 2:12:01 AM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
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>> << If aesthetics were to dictate, English is in dire need of
>> a spelling reform, IMNSHO.
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>> I will defend those "gh"'s to the death!
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>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.
Igh suggest the folloghing examples, then: dagh (day), wegh (way), sagh
(say), bogh (bow), lagh (law) ;) ;)
(Just add some more rules on how vowel + gh sequences get pronounced...)
Óskar
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