Subject: Re: [FFML] Phoenetics "R" Us (Re: "U" Know What I Mean)
From: Adam Conover
Date: 11/18/1997, 11:45 PM
To: Fanfic Mailing List

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, White Wolf wrote:

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Adam Conover wrote:

Actually, taking -out- the 'u' is "just changing it so that it looks
better". The actual spelling -should- have an 'ou', as it's a -long- vowel
sound, but Viz decided to take them out. Why? Because they looked better.

Wrong.

There is no *right* spelling, because the word was NOT WRITTEN IN ROMAN
LETTERS ORIGINALLY.

I know that... I realized my mistake in wording immediately after sending
it, and knew that I would get pounded for it...

So, to set the record straight... no, I'm not an idiot. :P


"Common Sense is what tells you that the Earth is flat."
Adam Conover
dconover@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~dconover/main.html
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