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- From: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Subject: Re: International English/Englishes
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.103236@IASTATE.EDU>
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- Reply-To: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <1992Jul28.183222.20963@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <84646@netnews.upenn.edu> <SLAGLE.92Jul30151615@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:32:36 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <SLAGLE.92Jul30151615@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>,
- slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle) writes:
- > In article <1992Jul29.232523.4517@Csli.Stanford.EDU>,
- scobbie@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Jim Scobbie) writes:
- >
- > > What you seem to desire is a standard international english. That's
- > > one thing we might usefully argue about. Then there is the question of
- > > *which* current variety will be the one closest to the international
- > > variety.
- >
- > Why, mine of course.
- >
- > > of our writing system. What would be wrong with a spelling reform that
- > > would introduce more homogeneity into the English-speaking world,
- > > even though it made the spelling system harder? Kind of quirky when
- > > you first think about it, but not so crazy? Or am I too tired?
- >
- > Well, we wouldn't want people to think of us as effete snobs,
- > so adopting British spellings is out of the question. Perhaps
- > you could convince them to adopt ours? Or perhaps you're too
- > tired.
- > --
- > ----
- > Mark E. Slagle PO Box 61059
- > slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com Sunnyvale, CA 94088
- > 408-756-0895 USA
-
- Oh, speak for yourself, Mark. My life's dream is to have someone think of
- me as an effete snob.
-
- Marie Coffin
-