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To: forkinsocket
Written language is more than a phonetic version of its spoken cousin: it contains etymological and morphological clues to meaning too.

Bingo!

2 posted on 08/21/2008 4:44:49 PM PDT by sionnsar (Impeach Obama |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: sionnsar
You write potato, I write ghoughpteighbteau
That happens to me, too!
Then I turn off the Dvorak keyboard...

In all seriousness, very interesting. Thanks for posting.
4 posted on 08/21/2008 4:53:58 PM PDT by astyanax (Support your local veterans. Napalm a hippie.)
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