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To: MineralMan
There is a problem with your orthographic suggestion. In the instant case of the word Philosophy, you ignore the usefulness of the "Ph" construct, which is a clear link to the origin of the word, from the Greek root "philos."

Under the new system, "Filosophy" would obviously have descended from the Greek root "filos."

But I guess if the King's English was good enough for Socrates, then we should keep the spelling as "philos."

35 posted on 01/22/2004 11:56:34 AM PST by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: xm177e2
Under the new system, "Filosophy" would obviously have descended from the Greek root "filos."

And it would refer to the wisdom of eating things wrapped with delicious, thin, flaky Greek dough.

37 posted on 01/22/2004 12:02:06 PM PST by r9etb
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