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http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1307326,00.html
from the Guardian:
"It was, perhaps, an unwise thing to say to the great and good of the Spanish language, but when the Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez suggested spelling ought to be scrapped, he did not expect to become a pariah."
more at Language Hat:
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001557.php
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