ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Tom Zurinskas]

Sorry all about the "K" I wrote in Al Kaeda, Al Kaida.  That should have
been Al Qaeda, Al Qaida.  Basically I was focusing on the ae/ai difference.
I had always seen it as "ai" before.  Now I see it "ae" in the newspapers.

For truespel I needed a phonetic spelling for the sound "eye" (long i).  I
picked ~ie (as in "pie,lie,tried).  This is in line with a rule that all
"long" vowels are spelled with silent e moved over next to them
(ae,ee,ie,oe,ue).

More predominant for spelling that sound is the leter "i" alone (primarily
due to the word "I".  Next is "i" with "silent e" and then "y", "igh", "ie"
and "eye" with a few others.



Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
See truespel.com - and the 4  truespel books plus "Occasional Poems" at
authorhouse.com.





>From: "Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
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>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:38:36 -0500
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> >  Note the problem with spelling Al Kaida, Al
> > Kaeda.  I wonder who orchestrated the switch to the spelling Al Kaeda?
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> > Tom Zurinskas,
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>What switch?  Neither USA Today, LA Times, Wash Post, NY Times,
>Associated Press, CNN spell it that way -- all seem to use "Al Qaeda"
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