Spelling Conventions
One of the important changes that Anderson made to Wade-Giles to was to replace the apostrophe following aspirated consonants with an
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Famous quotes containing the words spelling and/or conventions:
“As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the range of common sanity. In comparison such a monstrosity as phlegm for flem is merely disgusting.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)