Are you one of those unfortunate pe

Are you one of those unfortunate people who speak English very well but at once become worried when your teacher asks you to write? Don't be worried. Remember that a lot of English people have the same problem. Near my home there are at least two notices wrongly spelt and a lot of English people who are otherwise quite clever have to use dictionaries. What is wrong with this, for example: «Ould cars bought here»? The problem is this silly spelling, of course. As all those who read, know it just isn't logical.

Why isn 't English spelling logical ? The answer is that it isn't really spelling that is «wrong». Hundreds of years ago the English pronounced wolds as they spelt them. In many cases it is the pronunciation that has changed. Why not change the spelling to fit the new pronunciation? Of course we have thought of that too.

In 1843 Isaac Pitman, who invented shorthand, pro­posed a new alphabet of forty symbols. To make spelling fit pronunciation you need a different symbol for each sound. But you can use the same alphabet with just a few new symbols. Then leaving out silent letters like k in knife you just write the words as they sound. Kat for cat, etc. This is what Pitman wanted to do. Another idea is to use a completely different alphabet — phonetic alphabet.

This what George Bernard Shaw wanted. When he died he left money to pay for this, and in 1962 Androcles the Lion came out in a phonetic alphabet using forty-eight symbols.

But a hundred years after Isaac Pitman the English alphabet hasn 't changed. It would need a lot of money to change it. Think of all the books in schools and libraries and the printing machines. Then too there are those who really like our ridiculous spelling. There is in fact one new alphabet in use, the I. T. A or Initial Teaching Alpha­bet. The idea behind this is that children learn to read more quickly without the problems of English spelling. Reading early is important because by reading we can learn about other things. In many of our schools children learn to read with this new alphabet and learn the old alphabet later.

Some teachers don't like it. They say that the children will never learn to spell «properly».

Meanwhile the latest news is that the Simplified Spell­ing Society of Britain and the Simplified Spelling Asso­ciation of USA have put their hands together. They think that English is becoming the most important language in the world and so we need logical spelling. They hope to publish a book explaining their ideas and proposing another new alphabet of forty-four symbols. The name of the book? «World English».

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Вы один из тех несчастных людей, которые говорят на английском языке очень хорошо, но сразу становятся беспокоятся, когда ваш учитель просит вас писать? Не стоит беспокоиться. Помните, что многие Английский люди имеют те же проблемы. Возле моего дома, есть по крайней мере два уведомления ошибочно пишется и много английского людей, которые в противном случае довольно умный должны использовать словари. Что плохого в этом, например: «Автомобили ульд купил здесь»? Проблема, это глупо орфографии, конечно. Как все те, кто читал, знаем, что просто не логичным.Почему isn 't английский орфографии логические? Ответ заключается, что он действительно не орфографии, «неправильно». Сотни лет назад Английский произносится холмах, как они четко их. Во многих случаях это произношение, что изменилось. Почему бы не изменить написание подогнать новый произношение? Конечно, мы подумали о том, что слишком.В 1843 году Исаак Pitman, который изобрел стенографию, предложил новый алфавит 40 символов. Чтобы сделать написание подходят произношения, вам нужен другой символ для каждого звука. Но вы можете использовать одинаковые алфавит с несколько новых символов. Затем оставить немого письма как k в нож, вы просто написать слова, как они звучат. Kat для кошки, и т.д. Это Pitman хотел бы сделать. Еще одна идея заключается в использовании совершенно другой алфавит — фонетический алфавит.Это то, что хотел Джордж Бернард шоу. Когда он умер он оставил деньги, чтобы заплатить за это, и в 1962 году Андрокл Лев вышел в фонетический алфавит, с использованием сорок восемь символов.But a hundred years after Isaac Pitman the English alphabet hasn 't changed. It would need a lot of money to change it. Think of all the books in schools and libraries and the printing machines. Then too there are those who really like our ridiculous spelling. There is in fact one new alphabet in use, the I. T. A or Initial Teaching Alpha­bet. The idea behind this is that children learn to read more quickly without the problems of English spelling. Reading early is important because by reading we can learn about other things. In many of our schools children learn to read with this new alphabet and learn the old alphabet later.Some teachers don't like it. They say that the children will never learn to spell «properly».Meanwhile the latest news is that the Simplified Spell­ing Society of Britain and the Simplified Spelling Asso­ciation of USA have put their hands together. They think that English is becoming the most important language in the world and so we need logical spelling. They hope to publish a book explaining their ideas and proposing another new alphabet of forty-four symbols. The name of the book? «World English».