[senco-forum] Re: Spelling reform

'ewe'.

NO, no, no, on, no, no, NO, to spelling reform.

Spelling in English is much much more than merely a representation of
phonemes (with a 'ph' as in all things to do with speach sounds - telephone
etc).  This is about history and etymology, all the beauty of an embroidered
quilt with years of historical background.  English spelling conveys meaning
as well as sounds.

>'ewe'.
>Do u say 'you', 'ewe' and 'yew' differently when talking?
>So why write them differently?

Why, because you know instantly what each of the three words represent
without the need for a sentence to explain, and for those of us who want to
understand each of their origins or words connected by their origins we can
use the spelling to find out.

Richard

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk]On Behalf Of Jean
Hutchins
Sent: 05 August 2007 23:02
To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: [senco-forum] Re: Spelling reform

On 05/08/2007 Sharon wrote:
> PS  Jean -
> RE: Spelling reform - I might eventually get used to losing the
> useless 'ph/f'<

Hooray, hurrah, hurray. My dictionary even says it can be 'hurra'
as well. I did not know that.
Do u teach all those? Do u accept them all from pupils?

  >but I cannot 'see' the use of using 'u/you' unless you use U.<

What rule says that single letters that are words
should be capitalized. U do not capitalize 'a' in mid-sentence.

Spellings are man-made, not God-given.

'ewe'.
Do u say 'you', 'ewe' and 'yew' differently when talking?
So why write them differently?

Grandson, Dominic, has learned one way of writing
all sounds thru Jolly Phonics at nursery school and home.
(They did not teach him the vowel digrafs, but we did.)
He can write any word he wants,
and it is readable fonetically.
Now all he has to do is learn all the alternative
ways of writing those fonemes and when to use each one!

Jean
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Jean Hutchins, SE Surrey DA.
RSA Dip SpLD, AMBDA, retired.
E-mail: jeanhutchins1 at ntlworld.com
British Dyslexia Association Web: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
Also into spelling reform Web: www.spellingsociety.org
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