English Spelling is dumb! As you painfully know, the spelling of a word has nothing to do with how it’s pronounced! Unfortunately, you have to learn how to spell English words correctly, so that people know what you are writing about! The video below demonstrates how dumb English spelling is.
So, do you think English spelling should be changed so that words are spelled like they sound?
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2011, Yule, Valerie 'Recent developments which affect spelling. On the possibility of removing the unnecessary difficulties in English spelling, while leaving the basic appearance of English print intact.' English Today, 107, vol 27, No 3. Sept 2011, pp 62
Websites include
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/spelling.htm
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/writsys.htm
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/spelling.htm#word Can you spell? The best of us may not be perfect.
and see http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallanguage/archive/2006/07/05/old-vs-new-spelling-in-french-a-new-speller-based-on-the-french-spelling-reform.aspx
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