Ed Heil wrote:
> Yes, spelling adds a whole new dimension to the experience of
> language. I really believe that two identical phones can be
> experientially different if they are represented by two different
> graphs or sets of graphs. What you say about "cluts" vs. "klutz" is
> definitely the case, at least in my subjective experience.
>
> This is one more factor that may make spelling reform seem offensive.
Perhaps. I do know that whenever I see Greek transliterated into
Latin script it almost always looks far uglier than when in Greek script.