Re: Mainframe Limericks...

Having been exposed to Oriental languages, which are often governed by
inflection (my opinion...), English with the same pronunciation for varied
spellings is much harder to pick up. I was teaching spoken English to
Korean college students and those occurrences, plus many abstract ideas,
gave them the most issues. I found out last night that my computer
Scrabble accepts both American and British spellings of words -
organization, organisation.




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There's no doubt that English has been enriched through global ownership.

However, not only spelling differences but also ambiguity is a pain in the

fanny.
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Which is why god invented the OED (Oxford English Dictionary).

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