Re: Generalizations about English spelling

Mark E. Shoulson wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> >Mr. Upward is a spelling reform fanatic and does not listen to reason.
> >
> English Spelling Reform projects are a dime a dozen and almost as
> controversy-generating as IALs. If English spelling is ever reformed, it
> will be at a grass-roots level, untidily and messily as natural
> languages like to do things.

Upward is/was the head of the Simplified Spelling Society and as such
commanded greater attention than the run-of-the-mill spelling reform
crackpot.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...