More off-topic drivel: Re: Language and English

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Mon Jan 7 12:34:08 2002

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Hans Franke wrote:

> > On Jan 4, 19:34, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
> > > A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
> > > by Mark Twain
<snip>
> Jep. What I like most is that similar aproaches are available to German,
> eliminateing most letters ... keep in mind that German has already a mostly
> phonetic spelling ... And the replacements are likewise selected.

That may be so, but I have never been able to understand how Muenchen(?)
ever got to be translated to Munich. Obviously, there are some
pronounciation differences that I am missing!

                                                 - don
Received on Mon Jan 07 2002 - 12:34:08 GMT