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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (201020)9/3/2006 12:23:57 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
And because it is the accepted practice in your world makes is right, or excludes other forms? How Odd.

Tecnically, the norm is "right". It's necessary to allow communication. If everyone started spelling words the way they felt like spelling them, we would be in a very difficult situation when it came to effective communication.

Though it's not the case that all other forms are excluded. In the US, we use the word "labor" and in Britain they use "labour". Each is appropriate in the specific country. Most people can adjust to the spelling variations and both are correct. Atheists will generally use the spelling "god" to refer to any god of any religion. Such is considered an acceptable practice because it conveys something about the belief of the individual.

If I decided to spell God as "Uppa" that would lead to confusion in the language. I might arbitrarily decide to spell Jewish as Gooish and then write a sentence that speaks of the "Gooish Uppa" and then differentiate the Christian spelling of God as Oompah and Christian as Krissen. Then I would go on to point out the the Gooish Uppa is the same as the Krissen Oompah. I think it would be very reasonable for people to question why I'm writing in that manner.

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