[the phantom]

I think we should change words that aren't spelled like they're pronounced. Let's get rid of all those dang silent and useless letters (for instance, track should be spelled trak). With letters floating around in words that sometimes don't change the sound, it's no wonder children have a bit of trouble learning spelling. And some combos of letters sound exactly the same but they're not spelled the same, so we should get rid of some of them. (for instance, doubt should be spelled dowt)

Spelling is so dumb (and grammar can be too).

I tutor part time, and it is so frustrating to have to tell 6 year olds things like "I know you learned last year that this letter has this sound, but sometimes if it's before this letter, it sounds like this. But not all the time, because it can sound like this too."

(forgive my rant, one of my students started crying last night because he was so flustered by his spelling assignment)

Hmm. I wonder how many spelling/grammar errors Tolkien made before his editor corrected it? Probably close to zero.

But thank God for editors. If I ever write a book, I'll need one, and I'll be happy to pay for the luxery of typing fast, not using the spell checker, and refusing to look words up. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[ September 10, 2003: Message edited by: the phantom ]