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