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From: philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
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Subject: Re: Better writing form
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In article <D3Is1q.5wC@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
           iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk "Ivan A Derzhanski" writes:
> In article <791944032snz@storcomp.demon.co.uk> philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk
>  writes:
> >- there would be a high correlation (but not necessarily 100%)
> >between writing and sound.
> [...]
> >- the writing system would only include ASCII characters. No
> >diacritical marks.
> 
> These two contradict one another, don't you think?  What will happen
> when you run out of letters?  Digraphs (and trigraphs and so forth)
> make reading harder.

I've never had any trouble with them.

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Phil Hunt...philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk
Majority rule for Britain!
