Talk:Spelling
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The article needs better organisation although I am at a loss as to how to better organise it. Capitalistroadster 19:40, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Well, how do the traditional encylopedias (World Book, Brittanica, etc) organize their "spelling" entries? Eep² 12:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] National Geographic Channel randomised intermediate letters.
National Geographic Channel has a filler item that shows that so long as the first and last letters of a word remain the same, the intermediate letters can be jumbled up and the meaning is still clear. On first impressions, this claim was supprisely true. However, what if there were some words that would be unintelligable if randomised. What if there were some words that change their meaning in a dangerous way if the letters are randomised. Since English has a million, the only way to avoid these spelling timebombs would be to know all the words and the problem pairs. Since that is a lot of work, it is safer just to use normal spelling and to avoid randomised letters.
The following phrase appeared in today's Australian Financial Review, not long after the NG piece.
- Carpe diem - seize the day - do not waste an opportunity.
- Crape diem - stuff the day - go the the beach, and waste an opportunity.
- Carpe diem - szeie the dya - do nto wteas an otpnorpiuty.
- Crape diem - sfutf teh day - go the the bcaeh, adn wtsae an otuorpunipy.
- Buy!
- Sell!
- Buy! Sell! Cannot get more opposite than that.
- Bury the Buy order!
- Buy Order? Bury Order?
- Buy or Sell? Cannot get more ambiguous/dangerous than that.
Tabletop 11:37, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
