tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post2885689450906478927..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: OrthographyDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-22613624765185887712009-03-24T07:30:00.000-07:002009-03-24T07:30:00.000-07:00Jim, grass is better than dictionaries for proper ...Jim, grass is better than dictionaries for proper spelling.<BR/><BR/>I see your flag, Mo'a. Just below Jim's.<BR/><BR/>Stuffed nose again, hey, Ice?<BR/><BR/>Minka, from Chaucer to Shakespear(e) the world spun ninety degris without resing 'ary a tide.<BR/><BR/>Amoeba, this might explain the lingua franca.<BR/><BR/>Cann tu, blogmama.<BR/><BR/>Nessa, nothing wrong with a snippy post.<BR/><BR/>Bear, the world just needs to get in step with you.<BR/><BR/>Right, Ariel. And without melody.<BR/><BR/>Their you gogh, Peeya.<BR/><BR/>And well you do so, Weirsdo.<BR/><BR/>I can spell "Caw," Terry.<BR/><BR/>Haha, Actonbell. Very thoreau.<BR/><BR/>For make glory Kazakh language, Qwill.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-44993974837943613602009-03-23T20:09:00.000-07:002009-03-23T20:09:00.000-07:00Ask any second language learner about orthography ...Ask any second language learner about orthography and, right after they say "bless you" and hand you a hanky, they will tell you <I>ingles es loco</I> -- even the English as a second language learners who don't speak Spanish (there are one or two).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-16950552319866401312009-03-23T12:24:00.000-07:002009-03-23T12:24:00.000-07:00I like ornithology much better.I like ornithology much better.tsduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457805824149563737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-31226707424217120732009-03-23T12:04:00.000-07:002009-03-23T12:04:00.000-07:00I represent Bierce's remarks!I represent Bierce's remarks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-91535080216676217532009-03-23T12:02:00.000-07:002009-03-23T12:02:00.000-07:00The use of spell checks shows who knows their ther...The use of spell checks shows who knows their there from their and lose from loose.<BR/><BR/>I used to write as an orthographist (using your definition) It greatly improved my vocabulary as I would have to think of so many alternative wordsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-83449934073979384722009-03-23T12:01:00.000-07:002009-03-23T12:01:00.000-07:00Orthography, fruitless effort for harmony.Orthography, fruitless effort for harmony.Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-89213515802220580312009-03-23T09:11:00.000-07:002009-03-23T09:11:00.000-07:00my bastardization of language will continue , whet...my bastardization of<BR/> language will continue , <BR/>whether in the<BR/> written word<BR/>or spoken word---- <BR/>....PeaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-6526563867999008122009-03-23T09:10:00.000-07:002009-03-23T09:10:00.000-07:00Rulz bee damd. That's why God maybe spell checker....Rulz bee damd. That's why God maybe spell checker.<BR/><BR/>I updated my post from yesterday because I was snippy.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-44703019608316149232009-03-23T08:54:00.000-07:002009-03-23T08:54:00.000-07:00I kan't spel werth a darn.I kan't spel werth a darn.TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-72811665905757875862009-03-23T08:07:00.000-07:002009-03-23T08:07:00.000-07:00Past attempts to reform spelling in English have a...Past attempts to reform spelling in English have amounted to painting the body of a car with a cracked block, seized transmission, and its driveshaft dragging on the ground. Kinda tough to teach logic when the language you teach it in makes no logical sense, and has to be rote-learned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-35991200957643548172009-03-23T07:23:00.000-07:002009-03-23T07:23:00.000-07:00orthography, n. prescription puling descriptive no...orthography, n. prescription puling descriptive noses, backed by great vowels shifting!Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-2567695226332028622009-03-23T06:56:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:56:00.000-07:00I can't spell very good, and when I do, I don't sp...I can't spell very good, and when I do, I don't spell very well.Tom & Icyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184377353312923689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-54203472744055676872009-03-23T06:24:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:24:00.000-07:00Orthography: I have my own...never learned the rul...Orthography: I have my own...never learned the rules. <BR/><BR/>Where is my flag? Here it is...do you see it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-90349898516685654702009-03-23T06:23:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:23:00.000-07:00This (Jim) outmate likes satire and lets Google do...This (Jim) outmate likes satire and lets Google do the spelling. When he's not hiding in the grass.<BR/>..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.com