“For a long time, of course, English words were spelled irregularly because spelling simply wasn’t regularized. But for the past 150 years or so spelling words “correctly” has been an important class signifier, even as we lack an underlying set of rules to determine how letter-strings form phonemes. Thus it’s possible for “correct” spelling to differ from country to country, and it’s harder than it needs to be for children to learn how to spell. And it’s worth noting that the adverse impact falls especially hard on children from a low socioeconomic background.”
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Matthew Yglesias (emphasis mine) (via amandaw) (via dorianisms)
As much as I hate just typing this: THIS.
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This is why I’m not interested in correcting people’s spelling and grammar.