Help Peeple Lern English?

[Heath]

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Should we simplify spelling?

I think it seems a bit silly really, trying to change hundreds of spellings when English is generally a well spoken and spelt language anyway. Any mistakes should be fixed by improving the standard of English lessons rather than changing the entire bloody language. I also think it would be hell for different accents ("grarss" in the South versus "Grasss" in the North was one example given in the comments.)

What do you reckon?

[Bunny]

If this happens, I'm learning French.

[kikimm]

Whenever someone brings this up I feel like I'm going to burst a smurfing blood vessel in my head or something. It makes me so pissed off. As you said, it's not the answer to this problem.

[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!?

[Peter_20]

Then how would you choose to simplify a word such as "acquaintance"?
Would it be re-worded as "ukwaintens"?



Dhet sawnds lajk u gudd ajdiiu!!! :rolleyes2

(Damn, it looks like Al Bhed, and that's a warning sign!)

[Sergeant Hartman]

Everyone learn English and go from there

[Shlup]

Our current spelling system is good. It makes it easier to keep the stupid people poor.

[Peter_20]

English = Esperanto.

It's ALMOST the truth!

[Araciel]

what?!? spelling is hard?

[Baloki]

Our current spelling system is good. It makes it easier to keep the stupid people poor.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Addicted - adicted

It's one extra sodding "d"! It's not that hard to remember!

Are - ar

Three letters? Ohh, that's much too complicated...

Benefit - bennefit

*starts foaming at the mouth*

One - wun

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[Polaris]

WTF? English is already the easiest language in the world! If they simplify it even more english teachers will be unemployed! :rolleyes2 Politicians!

[Shauna]

No! Clearly "One" should be spelled "wan" for the sake of all us Glaswegian folk! ;D

[Araciel]

clearly the more you help some people, the more you cripple them.

[Peegee]

Hey I went from an Isolating language like Chinese to a synthetic language like english. If I can learn it, somebody who can't be bothered to even know what the two terms I referenced above should be able to grasp the english language.

I'm not even that good in the english languages. For example I have a ridiculously difficult time with english theory (ie grammar); by which I mean the rules for grammar are not actively processed. I learned through observation.