Re: USAGE: No rants! (USAGE: di"f"thong)

> > >It feels a bit like 'auxlang are a good thing' threads.  Don't tell me
> > >a spelling reform of English is a good thing and don't tell me it is
> > >not a good thing.
> >
> > *shrug* I could just start answering to "why do you spell it like
> > that?" queries off-list, if I'm becoming a bother.
>
>Naaaw.  The thread is interesting to many -- just don't take a
>different opinion personally.  I was always taken aback by spellings
>like 'gaol' -- so there is something funny about English spelling,
>that's for sure.
>
>**Henrik
Well, that *is* a comparision to auxlang advocacy up there (which is
squinted on around these parts, no?) ... But it's pretty obvious at this
point that tempers aren't really flaring; probably not even flapping.

John Vertical

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