Ticia wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060705/ap_on_re_us/simpl_wurdz
"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."
[...]
"Lurning English reqierz roet memory rather than lojic, he sed.
In languages with phonetically spelled words, like German or Spanish,
children learn to spell in weeks instead of months or years as is
sometimes the case with English, Mole said."
Reading the "phonetic spelling" stuff gives me a headache.
(It doesn't help that I bumped into something this morning, either. I'd
better go re-ice for awhile. Having toddler twins can be something of a
challenge in the morning. At least Tommy took me seriously when I told
him the consequences of body-slamming me a third time, so there WAS no
third time.)
Julia
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