Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 03:00:24 -0500
From: SETH SKLAREY crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET
Subject: Re: Respelling
A colleague points out that long-standing spellings in the English lanuage
are being changed, and he is wondering what's up. The examples
he gave are :
Neanderthal becoming Neandertal so it is pronounced like German
and
Inca becoming Inka for no apparent reason.
Leonard Schiefer lschiefer[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mcimail.com
Chief Copy Editor
Electronic Products Magazine
Garden City, NY
Hey, Jimmy Durante did it 40 years ago (Inka Dinka Do!...)
Seth Sklarey
Wittgensein School of the Unwritten Word
Coconut Grove, FL
crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ipof.fla.net