Re: English spelling reform

Dirk Elzinga scripsit:

> >Once in Salt Lake City
>
> What, you didn't even stop by and say hello? :-)
Sorry about that.  Walking along those looooooooong, loooooooooooooong blocks
was exhausting all by itself.  Ho for New York City and 20 blocks to the mile!

> The MTC has had a spotty record when it comes to enunciation; do you
> remember who the director was?
He didn't exactly introduce himself to the audience -- indeed, he ignored
us altogether, as was appropriate for a rehearsal on which we were essentially
tolerated eavesdroppers.  I had no trouble following the words;
the Tabernacle seems to have very reasonable acoustics, especially having
regard to the date of its construction.  I have had far more trouble
in Carnegie Hall.

> The current group (Craig Jessop,
> Barlow Bradford, and Mack Wilberg) are much more technically
> demanding than previous directors have been.
This was about five years ago, IIRC.

> In Tohono O'odham there are processes which add vowels and whole
> syllables to words to fill out the meter in oral recitation and
> singing.
The Finnish Kalevala is full of this stuff: there are whole words which
are more or less grace-notes that sound similar to the actual semantic
carriers, but are there primarily to alliterate and/or fill out lines.

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