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Old 07-08-2008, 01:50 PM
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Default Should 'variant spellings' be allowed in English?

A university lecturer has called for commonly misspelt words to be accepted as part of the English language.

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Old 07-08-2008, 02:17 PM
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language is a funny thing. you'd have noticed when reading shakespeare at school that english was a lot freer once upon time and there were various spellings recognised for the same word. so this wouldn't be a new thing. although it might feel a little like regressing?
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Old 07-08-2008, 04:20 PM
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No. People who can't even be bothered to learn to spell words like Wednesday and February right shouldn't be in higher education.
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Old 07-08-2008, 09:06 PM
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No. I understand that language has got to evolve at some point, but if you ask me this is just plain laziness.
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Old 07-08-2008, 11:59 PM
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nuh cus lyke naw it jus wudnt b rite wud it?
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