AP: Spelling Bee protesters

[Rick Barr]

There was a piece about English spelling in The Economist a few years ago.
It may be this one, but its content is blocked so I couldn't double-check:
http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=922074&story_id=E1_TTJNDRNJ

It did say something relevant to this discussion, and it is that English
takes longer to read than other European languages, precisely because of its
hectic spelling. Of course, it is unthinkable to carry through an overhaul
of English spelling. But the price paid in readability is something to take
into account.

-- Rick


On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 6/4/2010 04:47 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> >In Finland there are no spelling bees.  Finnish spelling is simple,
> >phonetic.  Simpler is better.
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> But think of the fun they're all missing.
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> Joel
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