This is How We Should Spell

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<p>That's quite interesting.</p>

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<p>ai think dis wae is mor cumplicaitid.</p>

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<p>I think that way is much sexier...but that's just me.</p>

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<p>The article sugjessts for us tew spell the way wordz trewly sownd in pronownseeyayshun, but faylz to properly depict the ryte method, which wood be like this.</p>

<p>I think it's called ebonix. If wordz were spelled the way they sownd it wood be a lot cooler yea, but also a little longer. Anyway I think its a good idea beecuz it gets the trew rewt meeneeng of the word expressed in a chill way like this.</p>

<p>example:</p>

<p>"Yesterday I went tew skewl, then cayme home tew have sum lunch, then I went tew the lyebrary tew study with a feeyew frenz, cayme back home, ayte uhgehn, then went tew bed. I didn't have any tyme tew eksersize, but tewmorrow I will."</p>

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<p>that sucks</p>

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<p>the article mentions that spelling is connected to etymology, so changing how things are spelled would make it much more difficult to derive the meanings of words.</p>

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<p>I think you mean ebonics...and that's defined as a nonstandard version of English spoken by African Americans.</p>

<p>And this thread should not have been moved...jeez. Stupid Mods.</p>

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<p>lol, could you imagine. i'd buy that magazine just for that. a little hard to read though.</p>

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<p>first, leetspeak is actually more obfuscatory than english because of letter replacements.</p>

<p>with respect to the dvorak comment six or seven posts above, it's actually true that dvorak is faster than qwerty. most speed typists use dvorak keyboards in competition.</p>

<p>in a similar vein, while this isn't a different keyboard layout, it sure is cool. presenting DAS</a> KEYBOARD</p>

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<p>obfuscatory? nice word :p</p>

<p>i think . . the gold plated loud clicks would irritate me though.</p>

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<p>having used one of the old back-in-the-day ibm keyboards for a long time, the clicking is music to my ears. also, the scooped f and j keys seem really tantalizing. the big put-off is the $90 tag.</p>