Oh my God, my species is doomed.

[Lartnev]

English is one of, if not THE most flexable languages in the world. I mean we don't have to have adjectives and verbs which agree in number, gender and case like in Latin, and many languages such as French and German require a match for gender (ie le and la, das, die and der). But I suppose that's more grammar than spelling.

As far as spelling itself goes, if you're told how a word is spelt, that's how it's spelt. There doesn't need to be any logic, just that's how it's spelt, simple as that. Modernisation of a language is the choice of words for the times, not being lazy with how you spell them.

[Dharkbayne]

Originally Posted by lightfire

Hey guys dont you whine about people's spelling on the INTERNET often? sputsput Dharkban

You sir, are a douche. That is all. Good day.

[Jaged]

Which sentence is harder to read?

Wihs sentnce is harder to reed?

Wouldn't a "simplified" way to spell words do more harm then good. Imagine having to re-learn how to spell everything. Thees peeple r fuking moorons.

[ObnoxiousFrog]

Originally Posted by Sputty

lies
ducks rock
Thgey're in the top 10 tierof boodas(kittens are tier 1, chickens are geckos are tier 2, ducks are probably 3 or 4)

Dot dot dot, good sir. Unveil the Zen Frog.

[mechaman]

A reform in English spelling would be like switching from qwerty keyboards to dvorak keyboards. It's not going to happen and those people are wasting their time. plus we have words that would be spelled the same but have differant meanings. it just wouldn't work

[Jaged]

wtf is a dvorak keyboard?

[Dharkbayne]

Dunno, different language/nationality keyboard, where instead of QWERT it's DVORAK

[Cryptica]

Wow what a waste of time. Don't we have some slightly more important matters at hand nowadays? Besides, if people are stupid enough to not figure out how to spell well enough these days, then they and their stupid-genes should be banned from ever reproducing. WE SHOULD NOT CATER TO THE STUPID! Goddamn, that makes me mad.
Now, I'm not brilliant. If I was smart, I wouldn't be playing Planetside all day instead of doing my schoolwork. HOWEVER, even I can spell my own damn language, and damnit, if people are any stupider than I am, then that's pretty damn stupid and they shouldn't be allowed to live! Damnit!

GRR!!

[Cyanide]

A dvorak keyboard simply has the letters in different places. I've never seen one, but I imagine instead of "qwerty" in the top left of the keyboard, it says "dvorak". Dvorak keyboards allow you to type much faster because the key arrangement is much more logical in terms of which keys are used most and placing them in the easiest to hit places. The QWERTY layout was designed to purposefully slow down typers because in the old days of mechanical typewritters, the mechanisms could get jammed if you typed too fast. That's not so anymore with electronic keyboards, but we just never switched because QWERTY is what people were used to.


Anyway, I can't spell worth crap, but even I think changing the spelling of every word so that stupid people and lazy teachers can feel better is just rediculous. If I need to know how to spell something I either look it up in the dictionary or I use a spell checker. Then I try to remember how to spell it for the next time. Besides, we have multiple letters and combinations of letters that make the same sounds. Who gets to say what the phonetic spelling should be? We'd have to revamp the alphabet with 46 different letters for the 46 different sounds.

[ControlledBurn]

Fucking hippies. If you don't like English, move to Mexico or Quebec.

[Heavygain]

You cant really expect the U.S. to change their spelling just because you said so can you? maybe if i had been the one to say it, it would be different.....