Wednesday, July 05, 2006

This is stoopid

There is a group trying to make spelling more phonetic (No it's not the pussycat dolls which was my first thought with their hits Don't cha and Be wit' chu leading the way). I just feel like this is a group of people who just did not do a very a good job at English and spelling in school and want to make it easier on their kids who will ultimately have the same problem. The article is annoying because all of the suddent the writer will start writing in the retarded English and even though it is supposed to be easier I have to translate it. Now I know learning that the 'b' in lamb is silent is a tough concept but this is the most universal language in the world we can't just start changing how we spell because English has some nuances that need to be learned in school or at home. Trying to read this is like looking at the back of a mediocre rap album and trying to read what the name of the songs really are. This is the step before everyone starts writing in Instant Messenger. Imagine starting a paper: "George Washington waz th furst prezident ov Amerika", lol, ;). Maybe if they spent less time trying to change something that has been around for hundreds of years and more time learning it they would not be in this mess.

1 Comments:

At 6:26 PM, Blogger Alexis said...

My mission in life is being a teacher that makes sure studetns know grammar. There's a concerted effort in schools to not teach grammar b/c it's too hard, blah blah. Waaah waaah. If you just taught it young and made people suck it up it wouldn't be so hard.

 

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