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Article #2576Re: Umlaute [was: naive (...question about uncial...) ]
From: btiffany
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 18:54
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 18:54
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In article <21835@cbmvax.commodore.com>, grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes: > Elementary school spelling rules are simplifications that bear little > resemblance to the english language. There are only 26 letters, but > many more distinct vowells and consonants. These are encoded partly > as letter combinations and partly by convention. Alas! I've been speaking this wondrous tongue lo these 3+ decades with apparent alacrity and aplomb, only to learn at this late stage that I didn't even know what I was doing! Oh, woe is me ... -- Bruce P.S. There's only one "L" in "vowel" ... :-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!rpi!uupsi!pbs.org!btiffany From: btiffany@pbs.org Newsgroups: comp.fonts,soc.culture.german Subject: Re: Umlaute [was: naive (...question about uncial...) ] Message-ID: <1991May23.145439.12763@pbs.org> Date: 23 May 91 18:54:39 GMT References: <1991Apr24.152455.22367@engage.enet.dec.com> <TMB.91May22102757@volterra.ai.mit.edu> <1991May22.141034.12747@pbs.org> <21835@cbmvax.commodore.com> Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA Lines: 15