Should we simplify the English language? (with poll + intellectual)

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#51 Reed_Bowie
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I'm going to explain to you people an old argument for spelling reform. Ghoti. How do you pronounce that? You pronounce it as "Fish" "gh" is in rough "o" as in "women" (not the way Americans say "women" but the way brits do, so it sounds more like "wimmen" "ti" as in "nation"
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#52 harashawn
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[QUOTE="Reed_Bowie"]I'm going to explain to you people an old argument for spelling reform. Ghoti. How do you pronounce that? You pronounce it as "Fish" "gh" is in rought "o" as in "woman" (not the way Americans say "woman" but the way brits do, so it sounds more like "wimmen" "ti" as in "nation"

Context is important.
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#53 ShadowsDemon
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As a bilingual person, I know that there are plenty of languages that have constructed English as such German, and they are more complicated.
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#54 deactivated-5b19214ec908b
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English isn't hard to learn because it's complex, it's because it's illogical (well some of it is).

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#55 whipassmt
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[QUOTE="HaloONE"]No, it should remain the same. I hate these idiots who butcher the English language though.helium_flash

It doesn't all have to happen at once. Fact is, our language doesn't make sense! We could first just take out the 'gh' in words, changing Night --> Nite, Light --> Lite, and ect, ect.

Some products do use the spelling "lite" for instance LiteBrite. Also I see many signs that say drive thru rather than drive through.

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#57 whipassmt
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It has already by Jamaicans.

DanteSuikoden

Ya mon, Jamaican English is wicked mon. American English is so rotid, it just doesn't jive with I and I. Americans speak English like a bunch of bumbaclots.

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#58 EliteM0nk3y
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Been a while since I've seen a 2007 thread necro'd, guess that explains why I don't recognize any of the posters :P
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#59 lo_Pine
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No. You know what doesn't make sense in this day in age... Chinese. Too many characters for a keyboard and the grammar doesn't make sense at all.
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#60 whipassmt
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if anything we should elegantise it. Bring back words such as hither and thither, henceforth, thenceforth, pleasaunce, or...or, and clomb.

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#61 whipassmt
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Been a while since I've seen a 2007 thread necro'd, guess that explains why I don't recognize any of the posters :PEliteM0nk3y
I didn't even notice that until you mentioned it how weird (page 1 and page 2 are all from 2007 and page 3 is all 2012). I wonder what happened, did someone remember that thread and decide to go back to it, or did someone stop posting in 2007 and then just return to GS now and check their posting history with this thread being the most recent one in their posting history?

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#62 harashawn
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[QUOTE="EliteM0nk3y"]Been a while since I've seen a 2007 thread necro'd, guess that explains why I don't recognize any of the posters :Pwhipassmt

I didn't even notice that until you mentioned it how weird (page 1 and page 2 are all from 2007 and page 3 is all 2012). I wonder what happened, did someone remember that thread and decide to go back to it, or did someone stop posting in 2007 and then just return to GS now and check their posting history with this thread being the most recent one in their posting history?

Someone created an account and posted 5 times in a row.
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#63 whipassmt
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[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

[QUOTE="EliteM0nk3y"]Been a while since I've seen a 2007 thread necro'd, guess that explains why I don't recognize any of the posters :Pharashawn

I didn't even notice that until you mentioned it how weird (page 1 and page 2 are all from 2007 and page 3 is all 2012). I wonder what happened, did someone remember that thread and decide to go back to it, or did someone stop posting in 2007 and then just return to GS now and check their posting history with this thread being the most recent one in their posting history?

Someone created an account and posted 5 times in a row.

oh now I see.

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#64 deactivated-6243ee9902175
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Newspeak FTL!foxhound_fox

Beat me to it :(.

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#65 whipassmt
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[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Newspeak FTL!Whiteblade999

Beat me to it :(.

Yeah, he beat you by 5 years lol.

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#67 worlock77
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Yes. Double plus good.