Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 31, 2003, 21:51 |
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--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
> > Actually, what shocks me is "yall", which is
>
> It's spelled "y'all," anyway. And you can't
> tell me that THAT's not
> a case of dropping letters. :)
Why would I? There's an -ou in there somewhere.
Though at what point do we (or rather dialects
that have y'all) have to keep the apost'e in
there rather than drop it?
I'm not much in favour of spelling reform, but
some judicious punctuation reform might not be a
Bad Thing.
Padraic.
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