"cool" Letters
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The letters: X, Q, W, Z and occasionally K.
These are known as cool letters to throw in. However, they are not to be overused. They work fine in most names of people, locations and such in fictional worlds (depending on the setting; obviously Zakaz can't be an island North-West of Middle Earth). But when people start modifying the English language to put in the kool letterz, it's not good.
Examples:
Analyze - Why must America do this to its learning children. Just because some intelligent but under-educated person in the 18th century (or maybe a weird guy in another part of England at an earlier time) either couldn't spell or liked Z, doesn't mean we have to suffer now. My dictionary seems to agree with him, though, in it's definition of the word "analyse": See 'analyze'. But seriously, take a look at: analysis, analyst (don't tell me it makes any sense as 'analyzt'), analytical (because when adding an ending like that, s usually becomes t). Why change the stem and not the derivatives? Even if it's not strictly en-us, I have a hard time believing that this is how the word was meant to be spelled.
kool - Considering the word is slang anyway, I'm alright with it.
The main point here was analyse (ignore Firefox; it agrees with my dictionary). Perhaps I'm just being Brittified or Canadified. Comment if you think "analyse" should be spelled correctly. Sign the petition.
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