Did I miss a memo about English spelling reform? More and more people seem to be spelling ridiculous as “rediculous”. Have they all been infected by the same typo? Or is it some street-talk that I’m unacquainted with?
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Did I miss a memo about English spelling reform? More and more people seem to be spelling ridiculous as “rediculous”. Have they all been infected by the same typo? Or is it some street-talk that I’m unacquainted with?
When did you last get a memo? I’m suddenly aware that this means of communication has now pretty much vanished – at least in the offices I have worked in.Oh, and I’ve never seen a ‘rediculous’ – but always see ‘definately’.
Fair point on memos. I’m just showing my age there.And “definately” is one of my common spelling mistakes. I have to make a conscious effort to get it right.
Yes, it wouldn’t do to be “inconsistant”. cough
To try and make this comment a bit less mean, how about a Simon Jenkins Guardian comment piece about the death of spelling?