Re: Odd orthography

Terrence Donnelly wrote:
> On most of these Websites, the plural "s" is consistently replaced
> with a "z" (eg. "Boyz").
I have a program on my computer called "Catz II", there's also a "Dogz
II" (simulated cats and dogs), on their web site (http://www.petz.net),
everything is pluralized with -z (toyz, linkz, etc.)

> The only things I can think of that are similar are the way that we
> used to write America as "Amerika" in the '70s to imply that the U.S
> was a fascist state; and I once saw someone write "America(tm)" to
> critique the overly capitalistic bent of American society.
I've seen "wymyn" used by some feminists.  And then there's the famous
distinctions between American and English orthography, with no
connection differences or similarities in pronounciation.

"I even spell 'color' with a 'u'!" - Frasier Crane, trying to apologize
for some anti-English jokes he made in an English pub

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