LL-L "Orthography" 2002.04.23 (03) [E]

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From: "Ian James Parsley" <parsleyij at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2002.04.23 (02) [E]

> 5. use single "l" in inflected forms, e.g.
"traveled"

Actually I like this one - but be careful what the
rule is. If the final syllable is stressed, it is
doubled (eg 'rebelled'). The same 'rule' applies with
<r>, also in British English, thus 'remembering' vs.
'occurring'. This is why I would like to see
consistency with the same rule applied to <l>. (I'm
also all for shorter spellings where possible.)

> 7. use "-or" for "-er" where done so in
> Latin, e.g. "instructor," "visitor"

'Advisor' only recently became accepted as an
alternative in British English - 'adviser' does win
most of the time, but only in *British* English, not
all varieties.

> 10. change "-ise" to "-ize" wherever this can be
traced
> back to Latin and Greek (where a "z"/zeta *was* used
> in the spellings) or a more recent coining which
> uses the suffix "-ize" (from Greek "-izein")

Again to confirm, '-ise' is a *Britishism* (or
'Briticism' as some would have it!), not the other way
around.

All the best,

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Ian James Parsley
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JOY - "Jesus, Others, You"

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