14 Dec
2009
14 Dec
'09
2:13 p.m.
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 12/14/09, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com>
wrote:
Given that the Infocom guys are fairly well-read, I'm sure that they
borrowed ideas from Twain in that regard.
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Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov
orxogrefkl riform, wi wud
hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
My reaction to reading this the first time (many years ago) was "Holy
cow! Mark Twain was an alien from the planet Resida!" (a reference
you'll get if you've played Infocom's "Planetfall").