Why pick a non-English based spelling system for your country (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
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> Tom Zurinskas
> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 3:05 PM
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> Subject: Why pick a non-English based spelling system for your country
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> Why should other countries pick a not latin (Englsih friendly)
alphabet when
> English is the lingua franca of the world?

If English is so universal, why are you using a foreign phrase like
"lingua franca"? (an Italian phrase meaning "language of the Franks" [a
group of Germanic tribes])

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