LL-L "Orthography" 2004.06.08 (05) [E]

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From: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2004.06.05 (02) [E]

> From: Troy Sagrillo <meshwesh at bigfoot.com>
> Subject: Dutch Spelling Reform
>
> Hello all,
>
> With regard to spelling reform in English, I am curious to know if
> native
> speakers of Dutch find reading 19th century literature written in Dutch
> difficult given the number of spelling reforms that have taken place
> since
> then. Being a foreigner (I live in Flanders), I really have no idea.
>
> I think it safe to say that native Anglophones can read 19th
> literature in
> English with little problem since the orthography is almost identical
> today;
> changes in word meanings are the major problem. 18th century English is
> perhaps not as easy, but still manageable by most native speakers.
> Conversely, Shakespeare is usually a challenge.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Troy
Hi Troy,
It gives me no trouble at all to read 19th century Dutch. Even older
literature is rather easy because it tends to move slowly to my more
archaic West-Flemish.  Even Shakespeare is sometimes more easy to
understand than some difficult modern English book, for the same reason.
Groetjes
luc vanbrabant
oekene

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