Help Peeple Lern English?

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Originally Posted by Rye

Yay for lowering the standard because people are too stupid to make an effort to learn the proper way to write and speak! How low can you go!?

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That annoys me:mad: it seems people are just too lazy to bother learning now just because its a bit hard

Except punctuation of course!

omg this iz soo cool now evreewun can yuz aim langwedg in reel life!!!!!!!

Language should evolve and change naturally. It should NEVER be controlled.

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Originally Posted by Rye

Yay for lowering the standard because people are too stupid to make an effort to learn the proper way to write and speak! How low can you go!?

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*agrees* I found Ms Bell's spelling so foreign to myself that most of the time I barely skimmed what she wrote. I think the idea is very narrow because as mentioned, what about all the various dialects, not only that what about adults who already know how to spell in English?

Anyways, I think Rye summed it up well. Fortunately, English, unlike French, does not have a governing body regulating it (as far as I am aware of), thus making any attempt at such change more difficult.

I'm surprised they didn't make it :

are=r
you=u

etc, etc.

But this is ridiculous. I want to kill someone. :(

We're already the most retarded and hated country in the world, and we can't afford to lose our only ally England because some dumbass can't use spell check.

The spelling and grammar of the English should probably change over the years, but not in an instant, and people should certainly not be allowed to spell words however they want. Lots of confusion, there. Rules must be maintained.

Spelling is a complete mess in English, as is grammar. Those are issues that simply do not exist in other languages (or at least, not to such extents). Now that English is a nearly universal language (and not the domain of Brits and Americans only), it will be bastardised, without doubt.

It will be bloody and many people will scream. :)

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Originally Posted by War Angel

The spelling and grammar of the English should probably change over the years, but not in an instant, and people should certainly not be allowed to spell words however they want. Lots of confusion, there. Rules must be maintained.

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Spell words however they want? You mean like in Old and Middle English before they actually develped correct spellings for words?

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Originally Posted by Khaotic

I'm surprised they didn't make it :

are=r
you=u

etc, etc.

But this is ridiculous. I want to kill someone. :(

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I read this post and only saw R=U :p

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Originally Posted by Goldenboko

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Originally Posted by Khaotic

I'm surprised they didn't make it :

are=r
you=u

etc, etc.

But this is ridiculous. I want to kill someone. :(

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I read this post and only saw R=U :p

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To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if the woman advocating simpler spelling also campaigns for R=U.

People don't seem to have too much difficulty learning the language in its present state, so there's no real need for any change. Plus, it's a stupid, stupid idea. :greenie:

Am I the only one that noticed what they suggested we change the word 'becoming' to?

(SPOILER)Lol @ adult references :greenie:

What do I think? "Stupid", that's what I think.

I wuz jus conseedering weder dis wud wurk in real life or not, n i jus realisd dat a lot of problams wif da english languaje is dat I lack the vocabulery.

so iven if u simplefided spelling it wudedt help me wif words I didnt no.

Also it doesent help with pronownsing it I-der. Finallee wut abowt homofones? in dis systim homofones wud not be sensibowl becuz ud spell dem all da same way.

duh.