Wot’s Rong With Funnetick Spelling Tort In Skoots?
Ther haz bene kwite a lot sedd laitely abbout the spelling of the yungsters timed out by the moddun skools. Possabbly it is time sumthing gude woz sedd. Moste peeple will "admit that the Inglish tung is full ov pitfawls for the ammerchewer speller. So meny wurds ar not spelt the way they ar sedd.
That seems to bee just wots rong with this funnetik sistem of teeching. Studdying the errers alledged to hav been maid by jooniers goeing into imploymint, wun detecks meny mistaiks that obviussly arize from mispronunsiashun rather than from plane iggnoranse.
Natcherly, this funnetik sistem depends largely on how wurds ar sedd. Sum Hinglish peeple, for hinstanse, av horful trooble with ther haspirates. Thay, in ther turn, haccuse hus hof wot thay corl the keelonyal haxent. By that thay meen corling a kow a keow and sew on.
Howevver, provided wun’s speach is reezonibly ackurit, ther iz no reezon in the wurld wy funnetick spelling shood not improov and simplify ritten Inglish kwite a lot. Moste peeple will admitt ther is room for improovment. Still, it is eezy to see the point ov vew ov the averidge imployer hoo wonts hiz korrispondinse - dun the konvenshunal way.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 14, 20 January 1948, Page 5
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208Wot’s Rong With Funnetick Spelling Tort In Skoots? Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 14, 20 January 1948, Page 5
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