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

From:Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...>
Date:Monday, May 29, 2006, 22:17
On 5/29/06, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:
> > On 5/29/06, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote: > > > Here's a poll: > > (P, Newton wrote: > > Ooh, polls are fun. > YES!! > > > > > 1) Do you think English spelling should be reformed? > > > > > > [X] No, it should not be reformed > > > [?] Yes, it should be reformed, but only slightly > > > [ ] Yes, and we need a whole now spelling > > > [ ] I don't care > > > Rather than should, I'd say _could_, but tinkering with one thing might open > the proverbial can of worms. Perhaps the best candidate for elimination is > "-gh", which happens informally already-- thru, thoro, -boro, nite, lite, > plow ~plough, bow ~bough; regularizing cough, tough, laugh, enough would be > a Good Thing.... but then site, mite, rite, bite et probably al. become > ambiguous.
No, these differences should be brought to life in our pronunciation and celebrated! "laugh" = /lawx/, "enough" = /enoux/, "might" = /mIxt/, "mite" = /mitE/. /hwat a great idea/! ---larry