LL-L "Orthography" 2004.06.09 (07) [E]

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From: Gustaaf Van Moorsel <gvanmoor at aoc.nrao.edu>
Subject: Orthography

Ansgar Fehnker <ansgar at ece.cmu.edu> writes:

 >Although I agree that the Groot Dictee is big fun, at least the few time
 >that I watched it, my impression was that most errors were regardless of
 >old or new spelling. They were just uncommon words, before and after the
 >reform. I can still remember the infamous "guichelheil" and
 >"antimakassartje".  And it is said that Flemish participants do
 >typically better than Dutch ones.

I have seen only a few examples of words in the Groot Dictee
but enough to admit I probably would have done pretty badly
(though I consider myself a good speller).  For the record,
I would have gotten the two words above right, but that is
because I don't think they are particularly difficult.

Gustaaf

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