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Standardized spelling is, at least in English, a new idea, and I think a
useful one.
** Yes, according to McLuhan it arose because it was useful to printers.
(McLuhan also noted that "There ain't no grammatical errors in a
pre-literate society.")
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Mark L. Levinson | E-mail: mark -at- sd -dot- co -dot- il
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"Marshall McLuhan,
What are you doin'?"
-- Henry Gibson
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