Well, some scholars think that language is a matter of correct rules;
sorry, the "rules" are deduced from the material, though occasionally there
are squabbles. Err, scholarly debate?
One of the great losses to our knowledge of the mind has been the
'disappearing' of many many languages totally unrelated to the main
families of language we are familiar with. The ideational patterns that
inform language constructs are by no means fixed mental arrangements any
more than they are completely arbitrary, they seem to inhabit some middle
ground, a confusion of forms - or perhaps forms of confusion?
"Further, present deponent saith not."
At 06:49 AM 5/21/06 -0700, you wrote:
This is interesting. :)
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the
olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a
pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot
slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.
> ONLY FORWARD IF YOU CAN READ THIS
"Jonathan B. Britten" <jbrit...@cc.nakamura-u.ac.jp> wrote:
It might be worthwhile to look into the interesting World Language
Process (worldlanguageprocess.com) for information about the serious
problems of English orthography.
Just as one example, studies show that in comparison to other European
children, English children are far behind in reading skills. The
reason is the absurdly irregular orthography of English. Scholars and
writers have meticulously documented and discussed these problems for
several centuries, but we have yet to see a widely accepted solution.
Some day we will.
I also prize good grammar and spelling, but the fact is that our
language needs improvement. Some folks are working toward that end.
Errors by supposedly professional journalists, are, of course,
unacceptable, and trivial errors on a list like this can be a source
of frustration for some readers. However, taking "time out" to learn
more about the orthography problems might be more rewarding and
productive than continuing the vituperative exchange that prompted this
message.
JBB
On Sunday, May 21, 2006, at 15:19 Asia/Tokyo, Marshalee Hallett wrote:
> I saw three misspellings on
> CNN just today,
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