Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility

[Tom Zurinskas]

There is a dialect term now developing called "lingua franca English".  It's a dialect that reflects the fact that learners have a tough time with certain English phonemes, mainly "th" and "r" and "l".  So ESL educators allow mistakes that are close enough to be understood and call it "lingua franca" English.  The next step is to make it a criterion to teach to.  This I think is not right.

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk


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> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > lingua franca
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> Which dialect is going to be used as (the basis of) the lingua franca?
> Will the forcing of children to whom the lingua franca is foreign
> simply be redefined as "not-bullying"? What about English-speakers
> outside of the United States? How will they be persuaded to learn the
> new spelling? Or is the United States going to be an orthographic
> island, like Taiwan?
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