Marcus Wolfe Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Have you ever thought about what the world would be like if we simply got rid of all those silent letters? Not the ones like the 'e' in 'insane'. No, those ones have an actual effect on the word they're in. I'm talking about the first 'k' in 'knock' and the 'g' in 'gnu'. If we removed these letters that were never heard, what effect could it have on the world? How much better would the English grades of the children be? How many trees and oceans of ink would we have saved? Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezdimona Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 http://bestsmileys.com/writer/1.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michlo Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 English is being butchered enough already so I vote, no thanks although it is likely that we'll barely be able to recognize it in a couple of decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Is it being butchered? or just evolving? Have you ever looked at the original Shakespeare and compared it to the original Chaucer? ( a short university term paper in 1967) As opposed to more modern authors? One effect of TV and the internet that I have seen is a more homogeneous English. You Brits are starting to sound like us Yanks, and vice versa. I actually prefer to hear the variations in English between different nationalities and between different regions of the same nation. My great grandchildern will never hear them as we will all sound the same. I will predict that even the spelling will converge at some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezdimona Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Is it being butchered? or just evolving? Have you ever looked at the original Shakespeare and compared it to the original Chaucer? ( a short university term paper in 1967) As opposed to more modern authors? One effect of TV and the internet that I have seen is a more homogeneous English. You Brits are starting to sound like us Yanks, and vice versa. I actually prefer to hear the variations in English between different nationalities and between different regions of the same nation. My great grandchildern will never hear them as we will all sound the same. I will predict that even the spelling will converge at some time. how true,things evolve,and it's a fast paced world. And now the word "meh" is officially a word too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Wolfe Posted November 19, 2008 Author Share Posted November 19, 2008 Wow, that went off topic. Anyhow, if we did get rid of all these excess letters, I wonder how much cheaper books would be, especially that of the Knock-knock variety.....or should I say, 'nock-nock'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosopher101 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I thought it over pretty carefully, and determned that should you take away those letters, the universe could explode. But that'S nothing new i've expected the univers to explode for many years now. Personally though i'd prefer spellign pnemonia without a "P" That'S just silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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