Re: Shunning spelling reform: word roots clues
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Posted by: Sean Colgan 01/28/2007, 13:19:34  (About author) Edit

I read in "Parade" magazine that Marilyn Vos Savant is also pushing for spelling reform. I am firmly of two minds on this. On the one hand, my ability to spell the traditional way pleases me. On the other hand, is 'draft' really all that big a "dumbing down" from 'draught'? Sean

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Draught beer *tastes* better than drafty beer . Study demanded. --- DWA ( 29-01-2007 ) ( 476 bytes )   Re: Re: Shunning spelling reform: word roots clues --- Silverfox ( 29-01-2007 ) ( 517 bytes ) +2 Solution worse than the "problem": Brave New Worlds. Corrupted dialects --- DWA ( 30-01-2007 ) ( 2493 bytes ) +1 French is just bastardized Latin anyway --- Crossbowman ( 31-01-2007 ) ( 204 bytes ) +1   Was there ever a "pure" Latin? 3-piece togas? --- DWA ( 01-02-2007 ) ( 577 bytes ) Some dumbing down is inevitable --- Crossbowman ( 31-01-2007 ) ( 1697 bytes ) +1   Re: Some dumbing down is inevitable --- Silverfox ( 01-02-2007 ) ( 1643 bytes ) +1 Ze irezistabl currents of history --- DWA ( 02-02-2007 ) ( 637 bytes ) +1   Re: Ze irezistabl currents of history --- Silverfox ( 03-02-2007 ) ( 158 bytes ) +1 Oh --- DWA ( 03-02-2007 ) ( 388 bytes ) link