WHAT'S YOUR WEATHER LIKE - 2022

Good afternoon

In The shade 104f

 

39.8C here now

On here the members sometimes take the pee out of what is said but that is usually where the comment could have more than one meaning or implication.

I don't mind about spelling and grammar except when the post is from a student at college or university where they are asking for an opinion or vote on a project they are doing. Those are supposed to be vetted by their instructor so should be correct.

I'm guilty of typing too fast (some say my posts are too long ) and I can miss a letter or two and, horror of horrors, I don't read it through before posting it

 

I tried reading right through one of your posts @shiney but I dozed off halfway through

 

Wow! We're only 40.1C now.

 

Excellent. You only used to get through a third of a post.

Try reading this:-

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling

by Mark Twain

For example,
in Year 1 that useless letter “c” would be dropped to be replased either by “k” or “s”, and likewise “x” would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which “c” would be retained would be the “ch” formation, which will be dealt with later.

Year 2 might reform spelling, so that “which” and “one” would take the same konsonant, wile

Year 3 might well abolish “y” replasing it with “i”

and Iear 4 might fiks the “g/j” anomali wonse and for all.


Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear

Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and

Iears 6-12 or so

modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants.

Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez “c”, “y” and “x” -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais “ch”, “sh” and “th” rispektivli.


Fainali, xen,
aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hey a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking wend.

 

Hello @shiney Mark twain was so busy writing his quotes down its a wonder he had time to write anything else

Mark Twain said It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

ps to keep this post on topic its a lovely day