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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.