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I wonder if he wrote that before or after studying German. His famous essay on it actually noted its phonetic spelling as a pro. [0] [0] https://faculty.george
by AdmiralAsshat 4y ago
I wonder if he wrote that before or after studying German. His famous essay on it actually noted its phonetic spelling as a pro. [0]
[0] https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/twain.german.html https://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/texts/twain.german.html
- dang 4y agoUh oh: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23587507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23587507 (it actually originates in a 1946 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Sometimes the truth is stranger than astounding science fiction)
- svat 4y agoTo be clear: the essay “The Awful German Language” is indeed by Mark Twain, while the short note “A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling” is not.