don't get me wrong, if it wasn't for the americans we would all now be speaking german, we love you and your wonderful country, but please remember, you are speaking the language of chaucer, dickens,and shakespear. god bless america.
2006-07-12 07:44:44 · 36 answers · asked by alan g 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
not only spelling, even in history.
because they are E-volving
2006-07-12 16:23:25 · answer #1 · answered by charlatan 7 · 11⤊ 4⤋
I think it is a fair question. When I see the way some kids (or adults under 35) spell, it saddens me. We should have respect for the words in our language, as well as the words from which they derived. It is as if part of our culture is gradually being chipped away. If we don't care at some point to make it better, we have slipped into mediocrity. Who will care- the politicians and the people making the policies that affect our public schools? Don't count on it. But everyone has access to a dictionary, the public library, higher education. It's just that many young people are more influenced by what is constantly being shoved down their throats by television, movies, magazines, etc. that above anything else, one must be sexy, wear the right clothes, use the right tooth whitener, drive the right car, and get rich quick on some reality show. It's hard not to buy into all that if you're young. But make no mistake about it- this country is in a cultural crises.
2006-07-12 09:56:13 · answer #2 · answered by catarina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, long before slavery, we americans decended and had a dificult time teaching silent constanents and vowel to the people that were habbitants of the land. THE AmeriCAN speach is easier spoken with a little whisky and so any want was sometimes slurred. To the interpreter, this makes little or no sense. WE AMERICANS tried to explain by dragging a stick in the dirt or showing objects representing a sound or similarity in the noun of which actual adjectives were the new deffinition. SOUND OFF.
ONE TWO SOUND OFF THREE FOUR. ADD whisky..... and see what that sounds like. Can you verbally explain why we can spell perfectly when we SOUND OUT THE syllables. The consonance.
2006-07-12 08:34:47 · answer #3 · answered by Chaunce J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not ALL Americans are poor spellers. I happen to be a very good speller, thank you.
I think the problem is in the way some American kids are taught to read. I was taught to read by sounding out the word, so I notice each and every syllable, which helps me to learn correct spellings (it also makes it nearly impossible for me to ignore someone else's typo -- like Shakespear instead of Shakespeare). I have friends, however, who tell me that they were taught to read by recognizing the general shape of words. That would explain a tendency to miss the details, like if your letters are in precisely the right order.
2006-07-12 08:58:39 · answer #4 · answered by Cols 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learn to spell Shakespeare, and remember to capitalize (or capitalise) proper nouns, such as Chaucer, Dickens, Shakespeare and America...not to mention the first letter of the first word of a sentence. What? Are you from Luton or something?
cheers from Florida
2006-07-12 08:41:44 · answer #5 · answered by jamie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are too lazy to use spell check?? lol I mean I'm a horrible speller I'll be the first to admit it. But a lot of the youth use the slang and stuff. Not sure if Americans are the only ones with this problem though. Have you seen how long some of the words in German are?? I couldn't even begin to spell them!!
2006-07-12 07:49:15 · answer #6 · answered by Chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think our education system stops teaching spelling in an early grade level. I grade standardized tests for different states, and it seems like the spelling stays about the same from 6th grade on. When the kids learn new words, I think many of them just guess at the spelling, because it's the words above 6th grade level or so that are so terrible. Another problem is internet-speak. Kids use the abbreviations from e-mail and text-messaging in their everyday writing, even when they know they're being graded on grammar and spelling!
2006-07-12 08:22:45 · answer #7 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel many Americans spell so poorly because of the school system's in America. Most Americans attended public schools. Including myself. I remember 5th grade being the last year I was requiered to take spelling.
2006-07-12 07:50:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The schools are a big part of the spelling problem and then there is the Internet where kids spend so much time talking in short hand that they are not able to spell a word out.
2006-07-12 07:49:49 · answer #9 · answered by tg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many Americans are not good spellers, for sure, but I'm fairly sure this goes for every country. And online, you're bound to find more people who spell badly because of the informality of the setting.
PS-- I do believe it's spelled "Shakespeare" and not "shakespear"......
2006-07-13 07:44:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me that part of the problem is our educational system as a whole. Evidently we don't value education enough to pay our teachers an attractive wage. Couple that with this new strategy of instruction which teaches our student to pass certain standardized tests rather than to engage in critical thinking and you have a real problem. I should mention that the symptoms are much more complicated than mere spelling.
2006-07-12 13:00:19 · answer #11 · answered by Daisy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋