Personally I think we are now going full circle. In the 1800s people could not read nor write so the names were all spelt at best phonetically. eg my gg grandmother was Mary Wray Rea Rhea or Ray, take your pick - and probably a few more variations I have not yet seen. When I was a child, and in the time of my parents and even grandparents, spelling, punctuation and grammar were VERY important. That's say the first 60 years or so of the 1900s. Now, people communicate but spelling and grammar have gone out the window and many people can not read it seems. There are also the wonderful text abbreviations such as CU2nite. (Say it.) Bet in another 100 or so years our descendants will be searching about and wondering why on earth they can't find their g grandfather, for example! And they will eventually find them listed as Jon Chumley Marchbanks when they thought it was John Cholmondely Marjoribanks.. (OK so I stretch the point.) Dawn > Lyn <chedoona@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > Ditto..Ditto..Ditto..Ditto.. > cheers > Lyn > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Do NOT send virus warnings <- considered off-topic.

I agree about phonetical spelling. Looking at gggfather's hospital records - he was illiterate - The "Rajasthan" became "Register Anne" with his pronunciation. Ann -----Original Message----- From: dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au [mailto:dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Friday, 21 October 2005 1:40 AM To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Wonderful Language Personally I think we are now going full circle. In the 1800s people could not read nor write so the names were all spelt at best phonetically. eg my gg grandmother was Mary Wray Rea Rhea or Ray, take your pick - and probably a few more variations I have not yet seen. When I was a child, and in the time of my parents and even grandparents, spelling, punctuation and grammar were VERY important. That's say the first 60 years or so of the 1900s. Now, people communicate but spelling and grammar have gone out the window and many people can not read it seems. There are also the wonderful text abbreviations such as CU2nite. (Say it.) Bet in another 100 or so years our descendants will be searching about and wondering why on earth they can't find their g grandfather, for example! And they will eventually find them listed as Jon Chumley Marchbanks when they thought it was John Cholmondely Marjoribanks.. (OK so I stretch the point.) Dawn > Lyn <chedoona@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > Ditto..Ditto..Ditto..Ditto.. > cheers > Lyn > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Do NOT send virus warnings <- considered off-topic.