> As the article says, no other language except french and english are
> impaired by this idea some batty academics have that the spelling of
> words is supposed to reflect its history, instead of how it is
> pronounced.
Except Chinese where, if you can write the language correctly, you can
commuicate with people whose spoken language is totally
incomprehensible to you.
Happens in English to a lesser degree. I knew a guy from the US south
who had stock in "Guff Ol" and played "Goff" and said, "Getchaseffa
cuppa coffee". Around here it's polite to say "K'mintha
hice". Chatinka dat? Ever shop at the heppy seffy? And in Boston
they would say "Foah skoah and seven yeahs ago, aowah fathas brought
foahth...."
The reason for demanding good, consistent spelling (not to mention
grammar) is somewhat parallel to that for requiring organic chemistry
so that morons don't get to be doctors or calculus so that morons
don't get to be engineers.
FWIW,
- Mike
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