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| Jul 12th, 2006 01:34 AM | ||
| executioneer | i want to kill these people with millions of bullets | |
| Jul 11th, 2006 11:26 PM | ||
| The One and Only... | Think of the effects on immigration. | |
| Jul 10th, 2006 12:01 PM | ||
| Emu | u meen smakt rite | |
| Jul 10th, 2006 11:50 AM | ||
| sadie | those people should be smacked. | |
| Jul 10th, 2006 11:46 AM | ||
| KevinTheOmnivore |
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 Couldn't this disaster be attributed to the ways we more commony teach children to read? When I tutored children, the emphasis was on blends and phonemic awareness. Since we're already teaching children to look for sounds and blend them, this seems like a very likely next step-- make them sound how they look! 
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| Jul 10th, 2006 02:52 AM | ||
| kahljorn |
"When they can talk, try teaching them the ABC's. Those 26 letters are the foundation of all knowlege in the English Speaking world." On a similar note I think that english classes should be taught with a specific emphasis placed on root words, suffixes, etc.. The reason for this is that you can gain a better insight into the english language in general. If you understand that you can understand any word just by looking at it, without even ever having seen the word or the need to look it up in the dictionary. Why learn "words" at all when you can be learning the actual mechanism. Such a watered down education system. And honestly it's not that hard to guess the pronunctiation of words within your own damned language, and even if you mess up you won't be far off enough that anybody but a peer wouldn't understand. |
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| Jul 10th, 2006 01:47 AM | ||
| Dr. Boogie | Indeed. My sister used to love asking my Bostonian aunt about parking cars in yards. | |
| Jul 8th, 2006 12:16 AM | ||
| ziggytrix | Not at all. | |
| Jul 8th, 2006 12:00 AM | ||
| Pub Lover |
Does everyone in the US pronounce words the same way? Where I grew up in the UK you only had to drive 50 miles down the road and everyone spoke with a vastly different accent. Wales. 
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| Jul 7th, 2006 11:41 PM | ||
| ziggytrix | i'd be for this in principle if it weren't for the fact that the execution of it looks so damn retarded. | |
| Jul 7th, 2006 11:34 PM | ||
| Pub Lover | Hmm, I change my vote. I think it's a great idea and the US should do it, but the rest of us can carry on as normal. | |
| Jul 7th, 2006 04:22 PM | ||
| Jeff The Ninja |
I think this proves how much people in the western world take Their own Education for granted. There are people in Third and even Second world countries who do not have the benefit , the privilage of attending elementary school. Much of the world is illiterate, and it pisses me off to see people try to dumb down education to "Make it easier". Im all for getting kids to read. But I dont think that Changing the Spelling of "wurdz so dat dey r speld lik dey sound". I believe that the problem lies with the parents. Because the parent is the Childs first teacher. I think to bring up literacy in children is to read with the kids. Get them to read early. You cannot expect all the teachers to teach all the kids to read. When they can talk, try teaching them the ABC's. Those 26 letters are the foundation of all knowlege in the English Speaking world. If you start teaching children to spell Phonetically, you are also Imaparing communication using the written word. Ultimately Seperating The United States from Canada and the rest of the known world. |
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| Jul 7th, 2006 02:55 PM | ||
| Ninjavenom | Absolutely ridiculous. I find it vile and pusillanimous to know that there are douchebags who are confused by how utterly complex and incomprehensible our language truly is. Absolutely mortifying. | |
| Jul 7th, 2006 02:01 PM | ||
| davinxtk |
That article made my brain grind gears. What the fuck. I want to go to the washington spelling bees and throw eggs at the protestors now. |
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| Jul 7th, 2006 12:13 PM | ||
| kahljorn | God forbid people actually have to learn. | |
| Jul 6th, 2006 11:17 PM | ||
| Pub Lover |
I found that article incomprehensible. Also, I view it as an insult to my ethnic heritage. |
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| Jul 6th, 2006 11:04 PM | ||
| red8ge | That would really fuck up Spelling Bees. | |
| Jul 6th, 2006 10:42 PM | ||
| Fathom Zero |
"Push For Simpler Spelling Persists" Yahoo News Link Just... wow. And I, an American, put "u"s in my "colours" and "favours". So don't tell me they're lost. So, Yippie! for the deterioration of the English Language. |
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