Computing and Politics

[James Knott]

Tom Legrady wrote:
> That's a late 20th century VP
> 
> I forget ... is spelling & pronunciation part of the MS thread or the 
> SCO thread?

Actually, both threads are part of the Great Bowel Shift.  ;-)
> 
> As for the disparity between English spelling and pronunciation, blame 
> it on the Great Vowel Shift ( GVS ), ,15th-17th century. This major 
> change in pronunciation occurred just as the dictionaries were being 
> developed, the first known application of Murphy's Law to information 
> gathering. As a result, the dictionaries sanctified the spelling 
> appropriate for the old pronunciation.
> 
> Tom
> 
> Chris Aitken wrote:
> 
>> Tom Legrady wrote:
>>
>>> Some American spellings were created by Benjamin Frfanklin; some were 
>>> due to a later president ( late 19th/early 20th century, I believe), 
>>> I'm sure others have played their part.
>>
>>
>>
>> potatoe
> 
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