LL-L "Orthography" 2005.12.28 (01) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 28 Decvember 2005 * Volume 01
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From: "heather rendall" <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2005.12.27 (01) [E]

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
> But when an enthusiastic convert suggested that 'ghoti'
would be a reasonable way to spell 'fish' under the old system
[...], the subject seemed about to be engulfed in the ridicule from
which Shaw was determined to save it."  We have not been able to
trace the name of the "enthusiastic convert". <

I have heard it attributed to Lewis Carroll as one of his spelling riddles
for children.
It is the kind of thing that would have delighted him - as it reveals the
absurdity / inconsistency of English spelling.

A spelling convert is more likely to have suggested spelling the originals
:-     enuff   wimmin     nashun

Heather

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