Vladimir_M comments on Being a teacher - Less Wrong

51 Post author: Swimmer963 14 March 2011 08:03PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_M 14 March 2011 11:30:02PM *  10 points [-]

Now, if you had to explain why French only conjugates verbs in written rather than spoken form ...

For the same reason English spells write, right, Wright, and rite differently. They used to be pronounced differently, but aren't any more, and the spelling hasn't been updated to reflect that.

Comment author: rabidchicken 15 March 2011 04:21:39AM 1 point [-]

this has always driven me nuts and English is my first language... I would start using phonetic spelling right now, but it seems like more effort than it is worth to convince everyone I know to accept it.

Comment author: David_Gerard 15 March 2011 10:10:40AM 6 points [-]

And determining which regional accent wins.