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    Way to make amarica look like a dumbass you conservitive dumbasses

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    Can we stop with the conservative-bashing, please? (Never thought I'd type that.) This is not a conservative idea, it's a fringe group of idiots. :rolleyes2 Actually, this is the kind of stunt that the far left is prone to.

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    NO. That's destroying the awesome, intricate English language. It's beautiful, and not a lot of people take time to appreciate it because it's their native language. I don't care about stupid a** MSN talk, please, I like the language the way it is.

    We're living in an age where funnily enough, with all this progress, children are doing progressively worse in school. We're lazy, can't do anything for ourselves, and now we're supporting this idea of ruining the English language simply because it's easier?

    It's not easier, it's simply unnecessary and idiotic.

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    terrible idea.


    however, as an English Major and having studied German. A Language ultimately simplifies itself with time. In another hundred years or 2, there will be no more strong verbs in German. Give or take the same time, English will have a lot of different rules simplifying grammar and style.

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    Reading that hurt my brain. ;_; I really don't think it's a good idea...I'd rather not relearn english. I like it just the way it is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dignified Pauper
    terrible idea.


    however, as an English Major and having studied German. A Language ultimately simplifies itself with time. In another hundred years or 2, there will be no more strong verbs in German. Give or take the same time, English will have a lot of different rules simplifying grammar and style.
    Yeah, English used to be a lot more difficult. Just because some people don't understand, doesn't mean we should abandon it's modern form. Should we cancel math schooling just 'cause it's hard?

    .. Yeah I didn't think so.

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    Why did he make an A sound by going AE? Wouldn't that be Ah-ee?

    Anyway, I agree that a simplified way of spelling would be pretty good. Today, reading isn't as much about sounding it out as it is memorizing. Of course, anyone who can read will tell you it isn't a problem. Because, quite frankly, it isn't. We all can read. It just takes a little bit of work is all. Then it's like walking. But if we were to make it more of sounding it out rather than memorizing, it would be easier to learn, and would be good. It's just that it would cause many problems for this generation, but in the next, it will be good. That's the whole issue, really. We won't be around to witness the good side.

    I would love to say I support it, but it would make my ability to read almost non-existant. I can read quicker than anyone I know, type faster than anyone I know, and it's all because I memorized it all. Changing the way we read and write would force me into memorizing again.

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    This idea is really silly. I don't want to drop our standards and simplify things for America's lazy dumbasses.
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    Thae sae th bee selebraets th ability of a fue stoodents to master a dificult sistem that stumps meny utherz hoo cuud do just as wel if speling were simpler.
    ... and the World Cup celebrates the ability of a few athletes to master a difficult sport that many others fail at but could do just as well if it was much easier.

    People are stupid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yamaneko
    How about parents, you know, read with their kids instead of watching TV? We're losing to countries like Cuba with an over 99% literacy rate.
    Word freakin' up, Yamaneko. Most kids of average intelligence with no learning disabilities can learn to read, and read well, before they even start school, if their parents just read with them.

    Why should everyone who can already read have to accept a change meant to promote laziness? Stupid stupid stupid.

    It was so hard to read those messed up sentences it wasn't even funny.

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    If this passes, forum trolls will have to wreak havoc using Victorian English, since their net-speak will have been made normal and proper.

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    That is dumb. People have different accents therefore everybody would write differently.

    I didn't even try to read half of that.

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    I think we've reatched a consencus that we all would rather have our beautiful English language untampered with, thank you very much. Ughh... God after reading that I'm having typing issues!! BAH!!!

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    Wow, America will become the laughing stock of the world all over again. I can't even read that.
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    ...After we simplify the spelling, we can start doing away with all those redundant synonyms our language still contains. Why should people have to memorize, for example, so many different words for 'good'. Excellent, Fantastic, Great, etc. We should get rid of them all. 1984 anyone?

    Seriously, I think that languages/spellings grow and change over long periods of time, but any 'official' attempt to artificially alter them is a doubleplusungood idea.

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    English is just fine the way it is

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