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Shud wurdz b speld the wae thae sound?
Associated Press reported Darlene Superville wrote a story about simple spelling.
The idea is to spell words they way they sound so it is easier to learn English and combat illiteracy. That way it would be less confusing when "say," "they" and "weigh" all rhyme, but "bomb," "comb" and "tomb" don't. "It's a very difficult thing to get something accepted like this," acknowledges Alan Mole, president of the Amkerican Literacy Council. The group says English has 42 sounds spelled in a bewildering 400 ways. I'm thinking we leave this to text messagers. R U with me? Posted by Steve E. Swenson 9 comments from 6 users
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posted by
Lotus24
on Jul 5, 2006 at 11:25 PM
Leave it as is. How are you going to account for all the different ways the same word sounds in Maine/Boston/Brooklyn/Charleston/ Houston/Topeka/Bakersfield?
posted by
ender9000
on Jul 6, 2006 at 09:28 AM
Only in Bakersfield could this be considered a real blog.
posted by
marsh
on Jul 6, 2006 at 03:32 PM
Geez, whuddya think spell check-ur is 4? Fo' shizzle . . .
posted by
anonymous
on Jul 6, 2006 at 11:16 PM
No. And this also applies to the current trend that parents are following like sheeple. Spelling their baby's name in a 'cr8ive' fashion. Why on EARTH would you have the child's names spelled in such a bizarre manner? That poor kid is going to have to spell his/her entire name every single time they need to provide personal information to anyone.
No longer do I hear people asking,
posted by
anonymous
on Jul 6, 2006 at 11:20 PM
my post was cut off! Aaarrghhhh ;-)
posted by
robinislost
on Jul 7, 2006 at 01:44 AM
This is the most pathetic thing I've ever heard! Why should I have to suffer because a bunch of idiots whom I share the language with can't remember how to spell a simple word?! posted by
msjenny
on Jul 7, 2006 at 11:25 AM
someone must be bored for this blog
posted by
anonymous
on Jul 7, 2006 at 02:29 PM
posted by KatieB: Hey! If you don't like the topic, go find another one...blog off! Being creative for fun is great but finding more excuses to dumb-down society - pul-eeeze! posted by
msjenny
on Jul 10, 2006 at 12:05 PM
its not even a fun topic
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