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[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> Actually, with pronunciation changes should come spelling changes as
> well.  No?  Why not "laf" instead of "laugh"?  This is working with
> what we have, not what we had centuries ago.

Here's a good reason not to spell "laugh" as "laf" in written
communication:
People will think you are a nut.

We used to have a secretary who would dot her lower-case i's with little
smiley faces.  No one took her seriously on anything.



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