Are you in favor of simplifying spelling (granted no increase in ambiguity, or decrease in information)

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No

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^ What CRC said!

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If someone else is a terrible speller, that's fine, but I try to use proper spelling and grammar.

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:+1: CRC

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It could be a case of typoglycemia:

But folks using a cell often use abbreviations and shortcuts, since typing on a phone can be a pain in the thumbs.

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The thing, the thing, you know.

Oh sorry, wrong gripe.

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simplify Mandarin and German and Welsh.

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k

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No. People can’t even spell to begin with.

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no

the history of english would be lost

plus there are a lot of words that sound the same now, that would BECOME the same

even more meanings on a single word

at least now you can tell what they mean, if you see them spelled out

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it only works when you already expect 99% of what they are saying

kind of like a trump speech

wle

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I’m an English Lit. and Communications major, so no.

Ebonics ain’t the answer.

Chris

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Sure but we have bigger fish to fry right now

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Don't need Esperanto either!

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eschew obfuscation

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Endeavor to persevere!

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It’s amazing when you think about it. And it seems so easy that we take it for granite.

With all the languages and dialects that have developed over the years, it’s a wonder that children or anyone can learn to speak, read and write.

And where and how did these all develop?

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OK

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I was reading a job posting last week. Passed on it when I saw that one requirement was “must speak fluid English”

but really, as long as we understand each other, I don’t care.
Perfect use of the language won’t, in itself, make you understandable.
And poor use of it won’t make you immediately indecipherable.

I work with a lot of doctors and nurses who learned English as their 4th, 5th, 6th language. On top of that, I work on the Neuro unit. Stroke and seizure patients. Being able to interpret what is meant through bad grammar, accents, misspellings, and even stoke induced word salad - is a more meaningful skill than memorizing the spelling of words and rules of grammar will ever be.