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From: jgd@uwmcsd1.UUCP (John G Dobnick)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Credibility (acutally, spelling reform - example :-))
Message-ID: <346@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 16:15:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 26 16:15:18 1985
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References: <271@sri-arpa.ARPA> <483@oliveb.UUCP> <759@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>, <496@mmintl.UUCP> <855@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <516@scc.UUCP>
Organization: U of Wi-Milwaukee, Computer Services Div
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[Just who was that masked line eater, anyway?]

In <516@scc.UUCP>, Don Steiny writes:
> 	All this talk about spelling reform prompts me to repost
> this article:
> 
>		[Insert example of spelling reform proposal]

And the truly strange thing about this is that one can actually *read*
the referenced article!  (If one starts at the beginning, that is.)

I find that absolutely astounding!

(Was GBS on to something?)
(What, if anything, does this say about the "phonetic" [if that's the right
word, I am not a linguist] basis of the English language?)
-- 

John G Dobnick
Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
(...ihnp4!uwmcsd1!jgd)

The above statements are only my personal opinion, which I will flatly
deny if questioned.