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To: Millee

Ben Franklin tried to simplify spelling long ago. Here is his phonetic alphabet...

14 posted on 07/06/2006 8:00:43 AM PDT by socal_parrot (I thought I was dancing until somebody stepped on my hands.)

To: socal_parrot

So did Melville Dewey (founder of the cataloging system public libraries still use today). He simplified his own first name to "Melvil".

28 posted on 07/06/2006 9:55:54 AM PDT by linda_22003

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