Re: Ewellic

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Wed Nov 12 2003 - 13:08:46 EST

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    At 17:18 +0000 2003-11-12, jameskass@att.net wrote:

    >"Since spelling is based on pronunciation, words such as tomato and
    >aunt that have alternative pronunciations will have more than one
    >possible spelling."
    >
    >This doesn't sound like the author of Ewellic expects that users
    >will spell everything alike.

    Sigmund Eisner, who taught me Middle English, once said that "if it
    was good to spell a word one way, it was twice as good to spell it
    another."

    -- 
    Michael Everson * * Everson Typography *  * http://www.evertype.com
    


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