Somebody, please just shoot me now

[draconis]

Granted, English is a screwy language, especially when it comes to spelling. But this?

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[jenkitty.livejournal.com]

Okaiee, that maed mie iz kros.

[rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com]

They use German as an example for easier spelling rules?

*beats head against wall*

[alysswolf.livejournal.com]

::lays head slowly down on the desk and whimpers::

The "new spelling" looks a lot like gibberish and has now given me a headache trying to figure out what it was trying to say.

I can see it now. In the future, speakeasies will be clubs where people go to play scrabble using traditional spelling. ::g::

[jenkitty.livejournal.com]

Our current language will now be known as "Owld Standurd Inglish."

[rhi]

::wincing:: That made my head hurt to try and read it. "Simplified"? HAH.

[themouseketeer.livejournal.com]

And I really liked the point made in the article that the *meanings* of words can often be worked out from their spellings, due to the high use of suffixes and prefixes. And the different root languages used. Hence simplified *spelling* might make writing the word *down* easier (although I doubt it) it certainly wouldn't help in understanding what it *meant.* So vocabulary would decrease.

[jcbdragon.livejournal.com]

Yes, it strikes me as being like the "Hooked on Phonics" program that touts how much it helps people to read. In my opinion, this is a false claim. From what I understand, it teaches people to be able to say the words they see written, but does nothing for *comprehension,* without which it doesn't qualify as "reading" in my book (puns, me? ::G::).

[tarshaan.livejournal.com]

ow, ow, ow. That broke my brain. I NEED my brain!