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

On 30/05/06, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> Here's a poll:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1) Do you think English spelling should be reformed?
>
>  [ ] No, it should not be reformed
>  [ ] Yes, it should be reformed, but only slightly
>  [x] Yes, and we need a whole now spelling
>  [ ] I don't care
>
> 2a) Do you think English spelling is phonemic?
>
>  [ ] Yes
>  [x] No
>  [ ] I don't know
>  [ ] I don't care
>
> 2b) Do you think English spelling is phonetic?
>
>  [ ] Yes
>  [x] No
>  [ ] I don't know
>  [ ] I don't care
>
> 3a) Do you think English spelling should be phonemic?
>
>  [x] Yes
>  [ ] No
>  [ ] I don't care
>
> 3b) Do you think English spelling should be phonetic?
>
>  [ ] Yes
>  [x] No
>  [ ] I don't care
>
> 4) Which spelling would you prefer for current 'laugh'?
>
>  [ ] laugh
>  [ ] laff
>  [ ] laf
>  [ ] larf
>  [x] _hlæhh_
>  [ ] I don't care
>
> If you only answered 'I don't care' or 'I don't know' up to here,
> rethink whether you are really interested in this poll...
>
> 5) Who is the most important group of people you think of when
>    proposing/rejecting a spelling reform?
>
>  [ ] People who can read already and just want to keep on reading
>      undisturbed.  (This is probably the largest group of living
>      people now).
>
>  [x] L1 learners of English
>
>  [ ] L2 learners of English [This will be the largest group of people
>      if time is considered and we wait for 100 years.)
>
>  [ ] Myself, I cannot read/write properly/have had problems learning it.
>
>  [ ] _________________
>
> 6) How should one cope with different dialects?
>
>  [ ] By neglecting distinctions made in some dialects.
>  [ ] By considering all distinctions made in dialects.
>  [x] By using historical state of English and base the spelling on it.
>  [ ] By defining a standard dialect and use it regardless of variants.
>  [ ] By using a semantics based writing system.
>  [ ] __________________
>
> 7) Have you thought about or (tried to) invent(ed) a spelling reform
>    yourself?
>
>  [x] Yes
>  [ ] No
>
> 8) Which other lang do think needs a spelling reform?
>
>  [ ] Chinese
>  [ ] Danish
>  [ ] Faeroese
>  [ ] French
>  [x] German
>  [x] Japanese
>  [x] _Finnish_
>  [x] _Spanish_
    [x] _Georgian_

:)

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Tristan