Quoting Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>:
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Quoting myself:
> >
> > > Do you by any chance of a microphone attached to your computer?
> > > ^^
> >
> > Apparently my brain decided that all instances of [@v] ought to be spelt
> > identically.
>
> In my experience, 'have' as a full verb (with meanings of possession)
> doesn't reduce to [@v].
Doesn't normally in my xenolect either, but 'have'=[@v]=|of| is the only
explanation for my above typo I can think of.
> But as to spelling [@v] as <of>, don't worry;
> you're in good company. Thousands of English natives do it (esp. in things
> like 'should of'='should've').
Call me a snob, but I'd prefer not to be in the company of native poor
spellers!
Andreas