Re: English Spelling
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 9, 1999, 1:04 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Most of it. But if a fairly small number of irregularities are repaired
> (there is no reason why there should be nine different pronunciations of
> "-ough"), it would be far more so.
And those annoying silent letters in debt, doubt, island, aisle, sword,
etc.
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