Siyo!
I was being a bit facetious. However, I remain amazed
at the number of English speakers who complain about
French spelling when English is much more of a
nightmare.
Clint
Team member
Bloomington High School South
Spell Bowl
1989-1991
--- Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
> At 10:15 am -0700 24/5/02, Clint Jackson Baker
> wrote:
> >D'accord...
> >Est-ce que je suis le seul anglophone qui croit que
> >l'orthographe francaise est plus facile que
> >l'orthographe anglaise?
> >
> >Okay...
> >Am I the only English speaker who believes that
> French
> >spelling is easier than English spelling?
>
> I wasn't aware that any anglophone had actually
> claimed this. What makes
> you think you're the only one?
>
> The only person I quoted as thinking English
> spelling was easier than
> French was a _francophone_.
>
> Ray.
>
>
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> Speech is _poiesis_ and human linguistic
> articulation
> is centrally creative.
> GEORGE STEINER.
>
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