Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Hill Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Spelling reform on the keyboard? Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:51:27 +0100 Organization: timil.com Lines: 26 Message-ID: <52b693f79ctim@invalid.org.uk> References: <77e2a26c52.michaelbell@michael.beaverbell.co.uk> <52b36b88e4tim@invalid.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: GqAcIUbqh27oTTI3Dt5hJw.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pluto/3.04c (RISC-OS/5.18) NewsHound/v1.50-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:5958 In article , David Holden wrote: > On 22-Jul-2012, Tim Hill wrote: > > Good luck with that because words in English will NEVER be phonetic > > because we continually absorb foreign words which follow their own rules! > > I imagine you know how Ghoti is pronounced. > Yes, but that's an artificial construct. It makes a point. > A more natural one is the name Featherstoneleigh. Or Featherstone-Haigue even. Cholmondely. Or my favourite: 'Bythesea' - pronounced 'bithersee' - the middle name of a deceased spinster Miss Shores whose parents obviously had a sense of humour. -- from Tim Hill who welcomes incoming email to tim at timil dot com. * Share in a better energy supplier: http://tjrh.eu/coopnrg * Share in cheaper ethical telecoms: http://tjrh.eu/phone * Have a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/ ... "How hard it is for women to keep counsel !" Jul Caesar, Act ii, Sc.3