Re: English is a crazy language

: >> 13) They were too close to the door to close it.
: >
: >The first would could be spelled "closse", analogous to German's use of
the
: >letter ß (or ss).
:
: I feel weird about respelling that, as they seem to be different
inflections
: of the same word.

I feel weird about respelling it with a double-s for a different reason: the
double consonant negates the vowel-lengthening effect of the |e|.  I'd say,
if you were to respell, |cloce| would be most acceptable.  I can't think of
a case where intervocalic |c| voices itself.

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Shreyas