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Should English spelling be revised?

de robbkvasnak, 3 avril 2012

Messages : 62

Langue: English

robbkvasnak (Voir le profil) 3 avril 2012 21:00:52

If so, then there would be two different forms - one for those in GB and its satellites and one for North America. It would save our children years of spelling bees and dictations. Even after having written a dissertation in this language I still have problems spelling it without spell-check or a dictionary.

robbkvasnak (Voir le profil) 3 avril 2012 23:08:57

Those who voted - pls give me some feedback. That would interest me!

Carteropb (Voir le profil) 3 avril 2012 23:50:31

Yes, it'd make learning English writing and spelling way easier if it was phonetic (I think is how it'd spelled) like Esperanto and Spanish (and many others, I'm sure)..

I'm up for it. But I also think our language changes way to much..It's crazyness that parents can't understand their kids sometimes because of a language barrier >_

Mihxo (Voir le profil) 4 avril 2012 00:07:19

I voted no but I will have no objection to any attempts to add a phonetic standard. Be aware though such a system would result in different renderings in different areas of the country. shoko.gif

robbkvasnak (Voir le profil) 4 avril 2012 01:34:28

For the USA, we could set a standard. Germany, Switzerland and Austria do that. The spelling systems are a little different but understandable to German, Swiss and Austrians. The English could have their own spelling system - no prob! They already do -'learnt, colour, shoppe, formatasion...' etc. We still kind of understand them. The Scandinavians have been great at this. Scandinavian is actually one language. I am fluent in Norwegian but I can read and understand Swedish and Danish. No prob!

acdibble (Voir le profil) 4 avril 2012 01:39:08

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Hyperboreus (Voir le profil) 4 avril 2012 01:43:39

Forigite

acdibble (Voir le profil) 4 avril 2012 01:45:39

Hyperboreus:I would be surprised if such a venture hasn't yet been undertaken by somebody...
The Shavian alphabet.

Hyperboreus (Voir le profil) 4 avril 2012 01:47:37

Forigite

acdibble (Voir le profil) 4 avril 2012 02:06:52

Hyperboreus:
acdibble:If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
It surely "ain't broke", but it positively is a pain in the rectum for foreign learners. A) You almost have to learn by heart the spelling of the words and B) if you find a written word you have never heard, chances are quite high that you'll pronounce it incorrectly. I really can't imagine how English speaking children learn how to spell. But obviously they do...

((One personal favorite of mine is how to spell "reconnaissance" (I just looked it up) and "reconnoiter"... And that after 12 years in a SIGINT battalion)
I can tell you that I've never heard the word "reconnoiter" before in my life. "reconnaissance" is not our fault, blame that one on the French. In fact, most of the spelling/pronunciation problems can be blamed on the Normans. The Anglo-Saxons had a pretty sweet system worked out until they came and messed it all up.

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