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HelpDitto! Clearly I'm not very cultured :-) nt
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Po v. Poe
I know this is really, really silly of me, but the spelling changes the entire feel! I know they still sound the same, but in my mind, when I hear the sound "po" and know it's spelled Poe, it feels right. If I hear it and know that it's spelled Po, it sounds icky and teletubbyish to me. I can't explain it, but my mind automatically fills in the connotations, I think.
I know this is really, really silly of me, but the spelling changes the entire feel! I know they still sound the same, but in my mind, when I hear the sound "po" and know it's spelled Poe, it feels right. If I hear it and know that it's spelled Po, it sounds icky and teletubbyish to me. I can't explain it, but my mind automatically fills in the connotations, I think.
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I agree that the spelling makes a difference. In general it makes a huge difference to me, cos I'm another one of those people that sees words spelt out in their head :-)
But because we never studied any Poe at school and I haven't read any since, I just don't have enough associations with him for the 'e' to mean anything yet. (I certainly will read some of his work when I get round to it, because i've heard such good things about it here.)
But because we never studied any Poe at school and I haven't read any since, I just don't have enough associations with him for the 'e' to mean anything yet. (I certainly will read some of his work when I get round to it, because i've heard such good things about it here.)
This message was edited 2/21/2007, 3:02 AM
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