Re: WOT: "Correct" English
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 06:35:13PM -0500, Allister MacLeod wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 10:12:05AM -0800, Rob Reid wrote:
> > G'day, eh,
> > Sheesh. All I did was object to the OP (inadvertantly, I think)
>
> "inadvertently" :-P
>
> > > and "grey" over "gray".
> > That's regional? My experience has been that grey tends to be used more for
> > lighter and/or cooler shades, and gray for darker and/or warmer shades.
> > For the ensuing gray/grey jihad, please try to keep it on topic by
> > discussing
> > it in terms of how it (and white and black) looks in your mutt terminal.
>
> Grey is a man's name. I often drink Earl Grey tea when using mutt.
Time to drag out this old, but "wonderfule" chestnut:
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Mark Twain
Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be
replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part
of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be
the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform
"w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant,
wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4
might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.
Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear
5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so
modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai
Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant
letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould
doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a
lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spikingwerld.
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Iu si? It just mait werk!
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