Re: maggelish spelling reform (wasRe: english spelling reform)

Christophe Grandsire writes:
 > En réponse à Muke Tever <mktvr@...>:
 >
 > >
 > > Why is the length stated before the width?
 >
 > Not length stated before width, but longest size stated before shorter size. A
 > perfectly logical choice to me.
 >
But what if it's lined paper, and you wish to specify which way the
lines run?  You can't specify anything about orientation if the order
is defined by which is longest.  It's ineffecient, unless there's some
advantage I can't see.


 >   That doesn't seem to be
 > > normal
 > > measuring practice.
 >
 > It is the normal practice though, everywhere I've ever seen it.
 >
 >   Is it a metric thing?
 > >
 >
 > Probably an American vs. the rest of the world thing. So it may connected to
 > the metric thing too indeed.
 >
It may be a stationery thing, but in general I'd give x by y, the same
as I'd give Cartesian grid coordinates.  But I have to say, I don't
know how paper sizes are normally referred to (other than by A
numbers, etc).

 > Christophe.
 >
 > http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
 >
 > Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.
 >

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