atw: Free speling (sic)
- From: Craig Hadden <CraigH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:38:37 +1100
You might be interested in this site, which promotes the idea of spelling
words phonetically, to suit the audience:
http://www.freespeling.com/
The site makes some good points, such as:
> only 17% of native English speakers can spell the
> following six words correctly:
> Height, necessary, accommodation, seperate, sincerely, business
> Which of those is spelt wrong? Yes, separate!
[I came across the above URL in John Walkenbach's blog. He's a Microsoft
Excel MVP and has written dozens of books about spreadsheets, including
Excel VBA Programming For Dummies. His blog is at:
http://www.j-walkblog.com/blog/]
Regards,
Craig
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