Spelling words the way they sound
@lookatdesktop (27129)
Dallas, Texas
April 21, 2018 1:56pm CST
Can most people spell antidisestablishmentarianism?
Most likely only MIT graduates. 
Here are a few words that Webster and his fellow dictionary writers need to change the spellings for simplicity to make it easy for the regular guy.
Their spelling My spelling
1. meringue merrang
2. timbuktu tim buck 2
3. city hall cityhall
4. ambidextrous double handed
5. nuclear new clear
6. corruption core rup shun
7. pandora's box pandora in the box
8. meteorologist cloud man
9. universal universe sale
10. entertainment enter tain ment
11. redundant re-done dant
12. unprecedented un president ed
13. migrate my grate
14. denial De Nile
Basically when you look at a dictionary, you will see the word taken apart in it's separate silly balls, you can see how the sound of the word might be like to it's pronunciation or articulation or it's sound byte or whatever. What ever.
Pneumono-ultra-microscopic-silico-volcano-coniosis is the longest word.
Below is a link to the longest word to pronounce taking several hours to actually say it out loud
Here are a few words that Webster and his fellow dictionary writers need to change the spellings for simplicity to make it easy for the regular guy.
Their spelling My spelling
1. meringue merrang
2. timbuktu tim buck 2
3. city hall cityhall
4. ambidextrous double handed
5. nuclear new clear
6. corruption core rup shun
7. pandora's box pandora in the box
8. meteorologist cloud man
9. universal universe sale
10. entertainment enter tain ment
11. redundant re-done dant
12. unprecedented un president ed
13. migrate my grate
14. denial De Nile
Basically when you look at a dictionary, you will see the word taken apart in it's separate silly balls, you can see how the sound of the word might be like to it's pronunciation or articulation or it's sound byte or whatever. What ever.
Pneumono-ultra-microscopic-silico-volcano-coniosis is the longest word.
Below is a link to the longest word to pronounce taking several hours to actually say it out loudhttps://gizmodo.com/5962401/the-longest-word-in-english-takes-35-hours-to-pronounce
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Apr 18
Maybe there needs to be one single universal language. Hmm. Wonder what language that should be? I bet English is not the one but maybe Spanish? or perhaps, French? What language do you favor besides American English?
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Apr 18
@Courage7 , Well that would be a challenge but interesting to try.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Apr 18
Once I started getting serious about writing even years ago at university I knew I was going to be in trouble if I did not get words figured out and start writing them correctly. Remember that was the time of no PCs so no help whatsoever except for dictionaries. Anyway, i went at it and trained myself so even no I can tell if I have written a word incorrectly and I have to change it. Just by looking at a word I can say if it is right or wrong.
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
24 Apr 18
@lookatdesktop Especially for the ones learning to spell.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
24 Apr 18
@Ithink , Yes it can be confusing at times.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Apr 18
If you were to spell knight as night, you would be saying what time of of the day it was. I know there is a title of a movie called The Dark Knight, which sounds like The Dark Night. It can be confusing at times.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
22 Apr 18
It will be easier for me to spell a word if I know how to pronounce it.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
24 Apr 18
We need sound in our posts. Imaging instead of texting we could use sound, but I think some browsers have that ability, to read the texts and sound a little bit robotic. Not that much like a real person.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
24 Apr 18
That is right. Browsers have the built in spell checker. Good thing.
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@rheicel (7068)
• Philippines
25 Apr 18
@lookatdesktop It can save our time looking into dictionaries.
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
21 Apr 18
I just wish even in spelling, life would not be complicated. Even just that one. 
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Apr 18
Maybe we need to go back to using emoticons and acronyms. Maybe just words with less letters. The words with a lot of letters take more time to text for one thing.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
22 Apr 18
@lookatdesktop Oh that is absolutely right. At least the acronyms could save us the time of day.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
24 Apr 18
@mlgen1037 , U Got That Right. UGTR for short. LOL
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
21 Apr 18
The problem with English is that there is not 'one' English pronunciation. What may seem logical to you, may be unintelligible for Brits, Aussies, New Zealanders and so on and so forth.
The writer George Bernard Shaw wanted to do something for the simplification of the pronunciation. See here:
Because of the inconsistencies in English language spelling and word pronunciation, when George Bernard Shaw died in 1950 he left money in h...
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
21 Apr 18
You may also enjoy this poem. Try to read it aloud! :-)
The English Magazine English Pronunciation Fun with English Dearest Creature aka The Chaos That English Pronunciation Poem! Listen to this tricky little poem and you can practise your pronunciation and listening skills, and don't worry if you don't know al
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
21 Apr 18
I never understood this about English:
Why words include letters that are not pronounced, why some letters are written twice when only pronounced once, why one letter has many pronunciations...
Why can't words be spelled the way they are pronounced?
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
24 Apr 18
Yea. Why not? I guess things are just made to keep us confused more. LOL
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