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Re: Part 2 Why my conlangs SUCK!!!

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Thursday, January 22, 2004, 3:27
David Peterson wrote:
> I'm thinking > specifically of a segment on a children's television show called > Between the Lions, where they have a criminal called "Silent E", who > goes around town turning kits into kites, rags into rage and hats into > hate, and so forth
But, that sounds like an educational show to me, teaching children to read. And if so, then of course any such thing would be obsoleted by a new spelling system. You'd just create new programs to teach children the new system. And, I'm sure that children would learn at least a little about the old spelling, or at least that there *was* an old orthography. So, if they see old shows, and there's a reference to the illogical spelling, they'd just chalk it up to "That must've been one of the weird things about the old way" -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42