Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.bt.com!news.bt.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 02:12:41 -0500 From: spampling Subject: Re: Spelling reform on the keyboard? Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:11:54 +0100 Message-ID: <52b6c1c8bfspam.pling@btinternet.com> 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> <52b694bae0tim@invalid.org.uk> User-Agent: Pluto/2.05-a1 (RISC-OS/4.02) NewsHound/v1.50-32 Organization: Que? Orga-what Lines: 20 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-w0k2uqx9e5CjxBcWJK/5YxkWa33lcwNitX3s+urNBRx1Bh6YZJBxNdE5s+fg/InO26GcK85S3PpBK69!dGupvq25Dnw3oJyT7jx3ssGps4pes5z48xzNoT1SZEfeZbIF/ks5LkmaEj6sGcJJyMDS X-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1958 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:5961 In article <52b694bae0tim@invalid.org.uk>, Tim Hill wrote: > I've heard a brit say "Lie-chester" so we don't have to blame yanks from > Arkansas. Weird, that isn't even right phonetically. (Which I do for fun on some things) > They have their own problems where 50% can't say 'warrior' That's so common I've begun to wonder whether the english they took to the other side of the pond was that way. > or any other word with two adjacent vowels. Among others, new-q-ler anyone? But that seems to be over here as well so I just put it down to lack of brain cells. -- Steve Pampling