→  Should we simplify spelling? - The Beeb pitted a spelling reform advocate against a linguist who is against such change. Spelling reform for English based on links between sounds and letters has to relate to a single accent... This disadvantages once again children with non-standard accents, say those who would naturally spell "bath" as "barf". It also cuts accents of English off from each other; a Londoner would not be able to read Geordie, a person from Sydney a letter from someone in Ottawa. The cost of any change would be astronomical. [While I like this quote, the real reason I excerpted it here is because it has an example of gapping in it :)]

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