Suddenly it all makes sense

[the_wanlorn]

Google "inventive spelling". Read up on it a bit. Now come back here and cry with me.

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[taranhero.livejournal.com]

Wait... what...

You're not allowed to do that!

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

Seriously, WHAT THE FUCK.

It's no wonder that kids nowadays can't fucking spell.


AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST USED THE PHRASE "KIDS NOWADAYS" SERIOUSLY. I AM TOO YOUNG FOR THIS SHIT.

[techiemikey.livejournal.com]

::hugs:: it's going to be ok...i'll figure some way out to stop those mean mean people.

[sptmet.livejournal.com]

Standardized spelling is a recent development.

I still think inventive spelling looks stupid, but nevertheless.

[caecilia.livejournal.com]

*vomits*

[crazyasitsounds.livejournal.com]

Well, you used to be able to spell however you wanted, even if you were over the age of eight & published.

But, I laughed at this [from the Wikipedia article]:
some research has found that children learn to spell correctly faster if they are taught to do so in a direct and systematic way
Duh. Teach kids to spell & they'll know how to spell. Dont teech them too spel & thei wont now how too spel. *shakes head*

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

You also used to not be able to have oral sex, even if you were of legal age and a consenting adult.

I've only seen examples of that in English, however. Do you know if other languages had the same laissez-faire attitudes towards spelling?

[(Anonymous)]

pas français!

French is (and has been since 1700something... Thanks, Richelieu!) regulated by the French Academy, which dictates lexicography, spelling, and grammar for "legitimate" French.

<3

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN??

[(Anonymous)]

COMPUTER IS DEAD! OK, NOT REALLY. SORT OF. WOW, WHY ARE WE YELLING AGAIN? ARE WE TRAPPED IN THE ANTARCTIC? AGAIN?

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

NO I'M JUST SAD BECAUSE I MISS YOU AND BEING SAD MAKES ME YELL.

FIX YOUR DAMN COMPUTER!

[crazyasitsounds.livejournal.com]

That's the first time I've ever heard anyone compare spelling to oral sex. :) I didn't mean to say that I didn't disagree with your disapproval of the theory [How's that for a quadruple-negative?], though.

I don't know, but I would guess that it wasn't as bad in other languages, which tend to be much more phonetic than English. I know, for example, that Spanish has had a body to oversee spelling &c since the early eighteenth century.

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[oko-litsa.livejournal.com]

Greetings:)
I am really sorry for intrusion, but it is extremely interesting to me for what acts do I have an honor to be added into your friends list? Unless you speak Russian to read my unassuming journal?

Re: off topic

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

I'm taking a beginner's Russian course to fulfill my language requirement, and figured that the easiest way to practice reading/memorizing a non-Roman-alphabet-language was through LJ.

Your journal just happened to be one of the first Russian ones to come up by hitting the random button tons of times.

Re: off topic

[oko-litsa.livejournal.com]

ah... ок :)
тогда желаю успеха в изучении русского :)
thanx for your answer :)

Re: off topic

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

тогда желаю успеха в изучении русского :)

Большое спасибо!

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[oko-litsa.livejournal.com]

http://www.online-translator.com/text.asp?lang=en