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Re: Spelling reform on the keyboard?

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In article <almarsoft.6038144005891874996@news.orange.fr>, Rick Murray
<heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:07:07 +0000 (GMT), Brian Bailey
> <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> > One very frustrated German eventually protested, 'What is all this,
> > either it is raining or it not raining!' He never did understand the
> > various niceties of English weather. 8-)

> I believe the Japanese have a whole collection of words to describe
> the different *sounds* made by falling rain.

Is that similar to the urban myth that eskimos have 100 words for snow? 

;-)

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