Mattineer could be a jeanyus
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Mattineer could be a jeanyus
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202180,00.html
Yea illiteracy rates will drop because we've dumbed down the system.
Besides what would we be able to get ol' Matty on if this kinda spelling catches on...
Advocates Push for Simplified Spelling
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
WASHINGTON — When "say," "they" and "weigh" rhyme, but "bomb," "comb" and "tomb" don't, wuudn't it maek mor sens to spel wurdz the wae thae sound?
Those in favor of simplified spelling say children would learn faster and illiteracy rates would drop. Opponents say a new system would make spelling even more confusing.
Eether wae, the consept has yet to capcher th publix imajinaeshun.
It's been 100 years since Andrew Carnegie helped create the Simplified Spelling Board to promote a retooling of written English and President Theodore Roosevelt tried to force the government to use simplified spelling in its publications. But advocates aren't giving up.
They even picket the national spelling bee finals, held every year in Washington, costumed as bumble bees and hoisting signs that say "Enuf is enuf but enough is too much" or "I'm thru with through."
Thae sae th bee selebraets th ability of a fue stoodents to master a dificult sistem that stumps meny utherz hoo cuud do just as wel if speling were simpler.
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006
WASHINGTON — When "say," "they" and "weigh" rhyme, but "bomb," "comb" and "tomb" don't, wuudn't it maek mor sens to spel wurdz the wae thae sound?
Those in favor of simplified spelling say children would learn faster and illiteracy rates would drop. Opponents say a new system would make spelling even more confusing.
Eether wae, the consept has yet to capcher th publix imajinaeshun.
It's been 100 years since Andrew Carnegie helped create the Simplified Spelling Board to promote a retooling of written English and President Theodore Roosevelt tried to force the government to use simplified spelling in its publications. But advocates aren't giving up.
They even picket the national spelling bee finals, held every year in Washington, costumed as bumble bees and hoisting signs that say "Enuf is enuf but enough is too much" or "I'm thru with through."
Thae sae th bee selebraets th ability of a fue stoodents to master a dificult sistem that stumps meny utherz hoo cuud do just as wel if speling were simpler.
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Besides what would we be able to get ol' Matty on if this kinda spelling catches on...
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So basicallt it boils down to they want to teach ebonics.... Great, dumb down the language, and everything else will dumb down also.
So de nex time we lanch de shutle, it gonna be a reel good time, u now dat rite.
So de nex time we lanch de shutle, it gonna be a reel good time, u now dat rite.
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Originally Posted by 98Lariet4x4
So basicallt it boils down to they want to teach ebonics.... Great, dumb down the language, and everything else will dumb down also.
So de nex time we lanch de shutle, it gonna be a reel good time, u now dat rite.
So de nex time we lanch de shutle, it gonna be a reel good time, u now dat rite.
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Originally Posted by vader716
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202180,00.html
Yea illiteracy rates will drop because we've dumbed down the system.
Besides what would we be able to get ol' Matty on if this kinda spelling catches on...
Yea illiteracy rates will drop because we've dumbed down the system.
Besides what would we be able to get ol' Matty on if this kinda spelling catches on...
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Simplified spelling has about as much chance of gaining traction as Esperanto has to become our global language. One of the biggest problems of simplified spelling is that you lose the connection to root language, which makes it much more difficult to figure out new or unfamiliar words.
