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By Anatoly Liberman Ever since I wrote a post on sk eptic and a sc etic , I have been meaning to return to the sc ~ sk oddity, especially in connection with the prospects of Spelling Reform . In my previous discussion of the reform (a measure that I support wholeheartedly), I highlighted my disagreements with most of its advocates. Those who recognize the absurdity of the present system usually try to save the English spelling world (there must be such a community matching the Eng

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Why Skate but Scathe? Or, The Oddest English Spellings. Part 14