LL-L "Orthography" 2010.11.05 (01) [EN]

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From: pbarrett <pbarrett at cox.net>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2010.11.04 (04) [EN]



I've read that the British value vocabulary, pronunciation (Received
Standard), and something else, whereas Americans value spelling and grammar
(it seems to me the Americans had a third item as well). Can anyone
elaborate on this, confirm or deny it, based either on scholarship or
personal experience?


Pat Barrett  pbarrett at cox.net
http://ideas.lang-learn.us/barrett.php



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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2010.11.04 (04) [EN]



While posting in online forums for the poetry that I write, one noticiable
feature for which Ive often been lambasted is the poor quality of my
spelling, which is more due to poor ability to type correct than to spell
when writing, and a complete and criminal abhorrance of wasting time editing
my typed work before clicking the irredimable SUBMIT button!



Tomas, please, install an email spelling program.
And if explorer doesn't has one, Firefox can help you.

vr.gr.
Theo



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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2010.11.04 (04) [EN]



> From: Tomás Ó Cárthaigh <tomasocarthaigh at yahoo.com>
> Subject: LL-L "Resources"
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> http://stbride.org/friends/conference/temporarytype/sixnewletters
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> The above is a great article that goes through some of the efforts
> that have been made at reform of the language, which in time may
> change in the coming decades and / or centuries.



Well, they need to sort something out on this site! All the punctuation
marks are displayed as question marks for me.

It's also factually inaccurate? Noah Webster studied dozens of languages
to help in his spelling reform efforts, and produced a bizarre
dictionary which was later bought out and republished with traditional
spellings.

What we now think of as "Americanised" spellings were mainly introduced
by the Chicago Tribune, I believe.

I think it's a misconception to say that spelling reforms don't happen
in English. Facsimile editions of older books show that changes occur,
though slowly.

In American English publications, some reforms catch on, others don't.
"Color" etc is now considered normal, "nite" is more dubious, "rite"
seems to have been dismissed.

Some things need handling with kid gloves. To many, the "wh" spelling is
irrelevant in English and a constant source of error for poorer
spellers. On the other hand, it's an important distinction in some
areas.

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/



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