Re: USAGE: di"f"thong (was: Tetraphthongs, Triphthongs, Dipht..)

John Vertical wrote:

> Yes, it is something of a reform. I've seen multiple spelling reform
> pages suggest that spelling /f/ as <f> would be a good place to start
> little by little, and I agree to some extent. (You may have also
> noticed me using spellings such as "laff" or "enuff", which I hope
> everyone can agree to be improvements.)
To the extent that they make me have to stop and interpret an unfamiliar
word and determine that it's a deliberate departure from common
practice, it's not. It's somewhat similar in effect, though not
magnitude, to someone arbitrarily deciding to spell /&/ with <aleph>.
Stumbling block for readers.

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Shreyas