A spelling reformer indicted2009 Update: The art of writing in service to spelling, rather than satire.
For fudge was before the court cicted.
The judge said: "Enough —
His candle we'll snough,
And his sepulchre shall not be whicted."
Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Orthography
ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear. Advocated with more heat than light by the outmates of every asylum for the insane. They have had to concede a few things since the time of Chaucer, but are none the less hot in defence of those to be conceded hereafter.
This (Jim) outmate likes satire and lets Google do the spelling. When he's not hiding in the grass.
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Orthography: I have my own...never learned the rules.
ReplyDeleteWhere is my flag? Here it is...do you see it?
I can't spell very good, and when I do, I don't spell very well.
ReplyDeleteorthography, n. prescription puling descriptive noses, backed by great vowels shifting!
ReplyDeletePast 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.
ReplyDeleteI kan't spel werth a darn.
ReplyDeleteRulz bee damd. That's why God maybe spell checker.
ReplyDeleteI updated my post from yesterday because I was snippy.
my bastardization of
ReplyDeletelanguage will continue ,
whether in the
written word
or spoken word----
....Peace
Orthography, fruitless effort for harmony.
ReplyDeleteThe use of spell checks shows who knows their there from their and lose from loose.
ReplyDeleteI used to write as an orthographist (using your definition) It greatly improved my vocabulary as I would have to think of so many alternative words
I represent Bierce's remarks!
ReplyDeleteI like ornithology much better.
ReplyDeleteAsk any second language learner about orthography and, right after they say "bless you" and hand you a hanky, they will tell you ingles es loco -- even the English as a second language learners who don't speak Spanish (there are one or two).
ReplyDeleteJim, grass is better than dictionaries for proper spelling.
ReplyDeleteI see your flag, Mo'a. Just below Jim's.
Stuffed nose again, hey, Ice?
Minka, from Chaucer to Shakespear(e) the world spun ninety degris without resing 'ary a tide.
Amoeba, this might explain the lingua franca.
Cann tu, blogmama.
Nessa, nothing wrong with a snippy post.
Bear, the world just needs to get in step with you.
Right, Ariel. And without melody.
Their you gogh, Peeya.
And well you do so, Weirsdo.
I can spell "Caw," Terry.
Haha, Actonbell. Very thoreau.
For make glory Kazakh language, Qwill.