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More spelling reform

A previous argument: “C for K, because the printers have not so many as the Welsh requireth.”

A more recent argument: “Such a reform would diminish the number of letters about one sixteenth or eighteenth. This would save a page in eighteen; and a saving of an eighteenth in the expense of books, is an advantage [...]

IF experiment in collaborative dialogue design

Emily Short is trying something very exciting in interactive fiction design: she’s written a conversation system that lets you write in new dialogue. It’s supposed to ask you how that dialogue should fit into what’s already there, then generate some Inform 7 code. You send her the code and she incorporates it in a new [...]

Wikipedia surfing: from spelling reform to cellar door

I’m having a debate with my southern hemisphere evil twin at the moment, about the merits of spelling reform. No conclusions to be expected, of course, but it’s leading to all sorts of delightful Wikipedia discoveries.

Spontson glaber11. The smooth Spontson. I’m S. pilosus, the hairy Spontson. It’s a long story. [↪] discovered in the OED [...]

Lovin’ teh internets

Googled “suppression task”. Looking for this. Found this.