Re: Children's spelling --> words

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:59:03 -0400, Richard Wordingham
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
[...]

> (the treatment of multi-syllable words is inconsistent), but the
> better educated seem to be much better at omitting these spaces. Some
> Thais deny the existence of these spaces, but I find them a great help
> in reading unfamiliar handwriting, so I believe they're real.

Fascinating! Many thanks.

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