<DIV>I don't think it is in any way elitist. Everyone who writes English writes that way. But I don't think we will ever get a true phonetic spelling.<BR><BR><B><I>Stevertigo <stevertigo@attbi.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I think this is nonsense. Proper English is a product of specialization.<BR>English is not the property of English speakers, but a lingua franca that<BR>everyone owns. Hence, its destined to become simplified - phonetic - scratch<BR>that - fonetic speling iz tha furst thing laikli tu hapen tu English - or it<BR>should. Someday soon.<BR><BR>All that registered - I dislike the tone of enforcing propriety. It smacks<BR>of elitism.<BR>The articles that Ive seen - written in funky English - are generally<BR>intelligible - and If I come across one, Ill usually take time to edit it.<BR><BR>If someone wants to make it their perorgative to take this on as a task -<BR>and to enlist other in it, then so be it. Bat formalaizing som kaind ov<BR>Englo-defensyzm is the most tryvial of persuts. If that was the spirit in<BR>which this was raised.<BR><BR>-S</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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