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 23:59:47 +0100 Organization: timil.com Lines: 35 Message-ID: <52b694bae0tim@invalid.org.uk> References: <77e2a26c52.michaelbell@michael.beaverbell.co.uk> <52b36b88e4tim@invalid.org.uk> <52b3ab9fb0spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> <52b3b5610ealan_calder@o2.co.uk> <52b3b9097falan.dawes@argonet.co.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:5959 In article , Fred Bambrough wrote: > In message <52b3b9097falan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> Alan Dawes > wrote: > > In article <52b3b5610ealan_calder@o2.co.uk>, Alan Calder > > wrote: > > > Doesn't really need foreign imports to show the problem. > > > > > Within a circle of 8 miles here are the villages of Loughton > > > (L-ow-ton), Broughton (Brawton or, for non-Scots, Broarton) and > > > Woughton (Woofton). > > > > > Try getting those locals spelling their home villages phonetically > > > without getting a pitchfork up you! > > > > Reminds me of many years ago in Leicester being asked by a Texan > > couple "can you direct us to Loogaborooga". It took me some minutes > > to work out that the answer was "go north on the A6". > Give them credit. They found their way to Le-isesster. I've heard a brit say "Lie-chester" so we don't have to blame yanks from Arkansas. They have their own problems where 50% can't say 'warrior' or any other word with two adjacent vowels. Bicester is another local favourite ("Bista"). -- 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/ ... "Not Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn the living record of your memory" Sonnet 55