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Un-neccesary letters (was: Re: New/revised language: Phonology)

From:Andrew Chaney <adchaney@...>
Date:Thursday, December 20, 2001, 15:55
>> (personally, i've always >> felt x was an exceedingly pointless letter but that's just personal bias)
But I dont think this reflects negatively on the letter, I think English would a lot less interesting without. Losing x would be like taking "gh" out of "knight". ObConlang: If your language has a native alphabet, does it include archaic spellings and such like -ough, kn-, etc?

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