robin wrote: > I agree, though I'd balk at "kewl" (unless there are really people out > there who pronounce it like "mewl"). what we should be careful of, > though, is allowing the introduction of the equivalent of Microsoft's > and Netscape's "enhancements" to HTML during the early 1990s. A foreign > reader who has gone to the trouble of learning one weird English > spelling will not want to have to learn another > What I'd like to see would be some kind of W3C for formal written > international English (there's no point in telling people how to speak > or write SMS). I don't see this happening, though, given that worthy > academic bodies can't even agree on a format for bibliographies. > Ulitmately I'd like to see English replaced as the de facto > international language, but that's even less likely. > > Sir Robin >
Don't know if you're aware Robin, but there is an international English language. Its used in places like the UN & Diplomatic missives to other countries. Its not American/Canadian/British or any such thing. Its alanguage almost unto itself. Femme
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