[senco-forum] Re: Spelling reform

So do I!

Our language, weird and wonderful as it is, is the result of our history
and of all the peoples who have lived in these islands for thousands of
years.  All of the children I have taught, even those with literacy
problems, have been really interested in learning about words that have
Latin, Greek or Anglo-Saxon roots.  In fact, most found learning about the
origins of "night" has helped most of them to remember how to spell it and
other "ight" words.

I admit to being biased: I have a degree in History, did O Level Latin and
learned Anglo-Saxon as part of my degree.  But such radical spelling
reform would mean that all children taught that way would have great
difficulty reading anything written using current spelling.  Unless
they're going to be taught to read one way and spell another!

Regards

Jean

S Wales

>
> Richard Cook <richard_cook at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: NO, no, no, on, no,
> no, NO, to spelling reform.
>
>
> I second that!
>
> At the moment, written English can be read with ease by anyone in the
> English speaking world, no matter what their local accent.  Which of the
> hundreds of different English accents will be used as the 'standard' by
> which to construct a 'new' spelling system?  Canadians pronounce 'marry'
> as 'mairy', Americans pronounce 'caught' as 'cot', the Scots pronounce the
> 'h' in 'while' & 'what'....
>
> What glorious confusion would arise if the English, Welsh, Scots, Irish,
> Australians, Canadians, Americans, South Africans. West Indians (to name
> but a few) all spelled English  words the way they pronounce them?
>
> Maggie
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