The Guy Fawkes of Spelling
John Wells and his cohorts at The Spelling Society in Britain feel that spelling rules are restrictive and need “freeing up.” They believe spelling should be modernised (modernized?) so that students don’t have to deal with annoying things like, oh, apostrophes.
“It seems to be a great pity that English-speaking countries are holding back children in this way. There are lots of other things that are neglected in class because so much time is spent on spelling,” Wells told The Times of London.
I’m sure there are plenty of ways to react to this idea, but I’ll defer to Laura Roberts of London, who responded in the comments section:
The correct, successful way to do things doesn’t hold back the individual, their inability to achieve it does.
The question that should be asked is not how to make it all easier for the thick idiots, but how to get them to get it right.
