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Do you reed this, have you red it?

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Allison Grey

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:06 pm


I don't know about you . . .


But the word "READ" pisses me off to type out.

And I will now use examples to illustrate WHY. (Pretend they are - pms or something)

((Ok, in these examples, RED and REED are the two forms of read. And try saying the wrong ones out loud XP ))




Quote:
Proper English :

"Did you read that book for our English assignment? I read it last night."

The way it can be so confusing :

Right way :
"Did you reed that book for our English assignment? I red it last night."

Wrong interpretation :
"Did you red that book for our English assignment? I reed it last night."



Quote:
Proper English :

"I will never get this paper read! It is so long! Here, read it to me!"

The way it can be so confusing :

Right way :
"I will never get this paper red! It is so long! Here, reed it to me!"

Wrong interpretation :
"I will never get this paper reed! It is so long! Here, red it to me!"



Quote:
Proper English :

"Reading is an important part of your routine. I have read every day of my life."

The way it can be so confusing :

Right way :
"Reeding is an important part of your routine. I have red every day of my life."
Wrong interpretation :
"Reding is an important part of your routine. I have reed every day of my life."



Quote:
Proper English :

"Read, read, read and succeed."

The way it can be so confusing :

Right way :
"Reed, reed, reed and succeed."
Wrong interpretation :
"Red, red, red and succ-ed."



Quote:
Proper English :

"I read this story last night, and it had me crying. I would read it again, though."

The way it can be so confusing :

Right way :
"I red this story last night, and it had me crying. I would reed it again, though."

Wrong interpretation :
"I reed this story last night, and it had me crying. I would red it again, though."
PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:35 pm


I read & reread your thread, but I still couldn't understan what you meant. question question question

Kuo51


Niccea Majeare

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:29 am


She is complaining that the past and present tense of "read" are spelled exactly alike and is proposing more phonetically sound spellings.
PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:49 am


English isn't really phonetic anyway, and if we decided to change it all of a sudden, it would get really confusing.

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