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Re: USAGE: -i/yse vs -i/yze in England (and what the heck, NZ too).

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Friday, December 21, 2001, 10:48
At 08:22 2001-12-15 -0600, Thomas R. Wier wrote:

>The >question is whether people want to spell the word >as pronounced, or spell it as they find esthetically >pleasing.
in hwic cás í wd spel it "cóze" & probable not b yndrstud bí ane ov ý... & ím particýlarle sýr nóbode wd gó alongh wið mí spelinghz ov ða /S tS dZ g k N/ soundz, hwic iz inspírd bí ða Italian: "c" iz /tS/ before "e é i í" & fínalle, byt /k/ yðrwíz, hwíl /k/ in ðéz "soft" pozisceonz iz speld "ch", wið similar åltrnásceon "sc sch" /S sk/ "g gh" /dZ g/ & "ng ngh" /ndZ N Ng/, hwíl /Z/ iz "zj", or "zý" hwer it dérívz from /zju/. in particýlar ða spelingh ov wyrdz lích "lích" or "sceoch" wd b sceochingh t móst pépl! & í cant évn pródýs mí préfyrd spelinghz for /oj/ and /aw/ in Latin-1... /BP 8^)> -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:bpX@netg.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarokko\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)