momik? mimik? (Insane, crazy, or kook customer?)

[Matthew Montchalin]

On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Richard Haly wrote:

| Why are you put off by the Spanish spelling conventions.

Because it is devilishly difficult figuring out where the long vowels are,
short of using macrons superscribed over the vowels.  But the simplest
compromise is just to capitalize the vowels if they are long, or leave
'em in lowercase if they are short.  Also, spelling the very common 'w'
sound with one character is a lot easier than using the hu digraph.
Finally, memorizing the rules about when a 'c' is an 's' and when it is
not, is just extra work that could be put to better use in other ways.

| It's as much a part of the language as the Norman conquest impacted
| spelling (and other things) in English.

Yes, modern Nahuatl is probably a far cry from Classical Nahuatl.  (sigh)