Xref: utzoo sci.lang:4485 comp.cog-eng:1097 sci.psychology:1822 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ncar!gatech!mcnc!thorin!unc!barkley From: barkley@unc.cs.unc.edu (Matthew Barkley) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.cog-eng,sci.psychology Subject: Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?) Summary: Oops! Message-ID: <8076@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Date: 9 May 89 15:48:05 GMT References: <8068@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Sender: news@thorin.cs.unc.edu Distribution: na Lines: 17 In article <8068@thorin.cs.unc.edu>, I wrote: > > Now, on English spelling: I saw an article titled, "Meihem in Ce Klasrum," > which related George Bernard Shaw's ideas for spelling reform, implementing > each one in the paragraph following the description. I started with sub- ^^^^^^^^^ Sorry. I meant "It started." > stituting 's' for 'soft c', 'k' for hard 'c', and went on from there. It > showz perfektly whei speling reform iz unleikly to sukseed. ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ Sorry a second time. As I recall, this should be, "unleikli tu suksid." It's much clearer the new way, isn't it? Matt Barkley barkley@cs.unc.edu Any opinions expressed are not necessarily shared by anyone else, and may not even be my own. How an organization can have an opinion is beyond me.