> -----Original Message----- > From: Dr. Elmo [mailto:dr.elmo at whiterose.org] > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:39 AM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: RE: Question about Devera > > > Jag wondered aloud: > >Add this to my list of reasons[0] why I wish English had a > phonetic >alphabet. > > Reasons why English shouldn't have a phonetic alphabet. Didn't the chinese try to simplify their language? And it didn't work so well, at least the author of whatever I was reading about it seemed to have that impression. Rachel