by David Barnsdale <daividb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jan 16, 2005 at 01:51 PM
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:37:07 +0100, Michael Mendelsohn wrote:
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> It'd be logical, it'd not have _all_ of the etymologists screaming, and
> it would retain the roots of the language.
I don't the etymology argument on its face value. If they
really cared about etymology they would be concerned about
cleaning up some of the false etymologies. When I hear
someone advocating that admiral be spelled as Amir,
then I'll believe that it isn't a cover for conservativism.
Daivid
