Friday, March 20, 2009

English as a written language

"Some people have no concept of English as a written language." Ben A 3-15-09

I submit a few instances for your consideration. They affect context rather horrifically:

Losing/loosing
Bowls/bowels
Marital/martial

And my personal favorite: "heart faliure."

Well, I thought it was funny...
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2 comments:

  1. Kirsten8:35 AM, March 21, 2009

    I see tons of that on facebook. I actually have to work hard to understand then when no/know are mixed up, or things like that.
    It is such a beautiful language... I hate seeing it killed.

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  2. Rose11:47 AM, March 26, 2009

    you know..."martial/marital" may have some tendencies to similarity.

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