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Attribution of this quote seemes quite disupted. Several sources claim Mark
Twain's fatherood, others lean towards a different author. Further, looks like
Twain did present lectures on the topic of spelling reform (see:
http://everything2.com/title/A+Plan+for+the+Improvement+of+English+Spelling).
Waiting for a document stating with no doubts who wrote this quote, I adopted
a conservative approach:
--- fortune-mod-1.99.1.orig/datfiles/education
+++ fortune-mod-1.99.1/datfiles/education
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ brightly lit corner.
A pencil with no point needs no eraser.
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A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
- by Mark Twain
+ attributed to Mark Twain
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped
to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer
I have pushed this patch on the git repo, it will be uploaded soon.
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Andrea Colangelo | http://andreacolangelo.com
Ubuntu Developer <www.ubuntu.com> | Debian Maintainer <www.debian.org>
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