RE: Fun: English spelling

From: Tiro Typeworks (tiro@tiro.com)
Date: Fri Jan 07 2000 - 16:00:16 EST


On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Alistair Vining wrote:

> Plus: Reading/reading

John Betjeman once attended a public lecture advertised as 'The Pleasures
of Reading'. Being a fan of the architecture and civic life of provincial
English towns, he was very disappointed to discover that the lecture was
on the pleasures of reading.

John Hudson

Tiro Typeworks
Vancouver, BC
www.tiro.com



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