Re: "Fransin" simplified orthography for French
Stephane Bortzmeyer <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.languages |
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| Organization | NIC France |
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 09:48:28AM -0500, John Cowan <[email protected]> wrote a message of 57 lines which said: > One scheme for English spelling reform involves eliminating the > written distinction between "those" and "doze". It was no surprise > to me to find out that the inventor is a native New Yorker in his > 60s or older, a group which does not make this distinction. Indeed, I've read a few discussions about "fransin" and one of the most common objections is that it claims to be based on pronunciation but does not take into account the fact that the pronunciation is not the same in Marseille, Bruxelles, Kinshasa or Algiers. _______________________________________________ Ietf-languages mailing list [email protected] http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages