Re: Futurese
From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, May 1, 2002, 23:59 |
Christophe Grandsire writes:
> En réponse à Tim May <butsuri@...>:
>
> >
> > May I ask, Christophe, why you spell diphthong in the French form when
> > writing in English? I don't get it.
> >
>
> Because I've seen this form used by English speakers too, and I find it
> aesthetically more beautiful than |diphthong| (it looks like someone cut its
> tail :) ). Moreover, I never know if i have to put an |h| after the |t|, so I
> simply use a spelling that doesn't have this problem. Since I've never had any
> complains, I considered it was no problem to use it. It's not as if it would
> mistaken people :)) .
>
> Christophe.
>
> http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
>
> Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.
Oh, by all means continue. I was just curious. I don't _think_ it's
an accepted variant in standard English, though.