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+# ideas for improving English orthography
+
+This page lists various ideas editors of this wiki have had regarding
+ English orthography and various improvements or changes which might
+ be made there·with.
+
+## middle dot (middot)
+
+::: thread
+
+- I use the middle dot as a “phonological hyphen”—to indicate when
+ parts of words should be pronounced as if they are distinct
+ phonological items.
+ In this sense it takes the place of a dieresis (‹ co·operate › not
+ not ‹ coöperate ›) and clarifies silent E in compound words
+ (‹ code·point ›).
+ It can also be added when not strictly phonologically necessary just
+ to make very long words easier to scan.
+
+ As an exception, I usually don’t use the middle dot with common,
+ known suffixes like _‐ly_{as=i} (as in ‹ lately ›) to reduce
+ visual noise.
+ [][@:Lady]{.sig}
+
+- As a (somewhat) distinct usage, I use the middle dot to separate
+ letters which should be spoken separately (acronyms) as this
+ avoids the end‐of‐sentence confusion that one gets with periods.
+ [][@:Lady]{.sig}
+
+:::