Comments on: Cool/kewl http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/ anythingarian rambles from the land of the fretting nun Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Geoff http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Geoff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/#comment-331 Didn't the American revolution include a conscious effort to spell words wrong? I think there's another level to spelling with a k, when in the 60s confused students in California thought that writing 'Amerika' identified it with the Nazis. Didn’t the American revolution include a conscious effort to spell words wrong?

I think there’s another level to spelling with a k, when in the 60s confused students in California thought that writing ‘Amerika’ identified it with the Nazis.

]]> By: Geoff http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Geoff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/#comment-332 More Californian revolutionary spelling: knational, AmeriKKKa, er... More Californian revolutionary spelling: knational, AmeriKKKa, er…

]]> By: Reiner http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Reiner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/#comment-333 About two years ago one of the German networks showed a program called Holokaust. It was originally called Holocaust but they changed it because it didn't sound Nazi enough. I think the Nazis held a spelling reform. Can anyone think of a serious revolution that didn't? About two years ago one of the German networks showed a program called Holokaust. It was originally called Holocaust but they changed it because it didn’t sound Nazi enough.

I think the Nazis held a spelling reform. Can anyone think of a serious revolution that didn’t?

]]> By: Geoff http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Geoff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/#comment-334 What about Italian? What about Italian?

]]> By: Trevor http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Trevor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/#comment-335 I'll try to do a post on early Iberian dialects and the orthography of vulgar Italian at lunchtime. I’ll try to do a post on early Iberian dialects and the orthography of vulgar Italian at lunchtime.

]]> By: Geoff http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Geoff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/#comment-336 I thought for a moment I might have to embarrass you publicly... I thought for a moment I might have to embarrass you publicly…

]]> By: Trevor http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Trevor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/#comment-337 Be my guest... Be my guest…

]]> By: Trevor http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Trevor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/#comment-338 Spanish/Italian approaches <a href="/baldie/blog/archives/000875.asp">here</a>. Spanish/Italian approaches here.

]]> By: Dave http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Dave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/01/25/coolkewl/#comment-339 wots al the fuss about? we al no english spellin is krazy and that used 2 go 4 a lot ov other languajes. only thay wized up. so wot about k? just that nobody is gonna try pronunse it as S, wereas c kauses major problems. wots al the fuss about? we al no english spellin is krazy and that used 2 go 4 a lot ov other languajes. only thay wized up. so wot about k? just that nobody is gonna try pronunse it as S, wereas c kauses major problems.

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