"It's a very difficult thing to get something accepted like this," says Alan Mole, president of the American Literacy Council, an organization which favors an end to "illogical spelling." The group says English has 42 sounds spelled in a bewildering 400 ways and believes that simplified spelling would help children learn faster and lead to reductions in illiteracy rates. Some advocates of “simplified spelling” even picket the national spelling bee finals, held every year in Washington, costumed as bumble bees and hoisting signs that say "Enuf is enuf but enough is too much" or "I'm thru with through."
Source: WorldViews
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It would be tough to change, but technology like text messaging is forcing a change without a vote. I think the writing is already on the wall. Us old foggies are going to have to get on board.
Michelle
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