"It is rather bizarre that the first widespread change in how people spell English words appears to have come from a group of (largely) young people sending text messages to one another with cellular phones and other electronic devices." (Shea, Ammon, 2010)
Response
The quote that I picked surprised me. because I could not believe that people actually think that young people today are the first widespread change of the spelling of English words. People back in the 1700s were spelling words how they wanted or how thye thought words were spelled. Also, as stated in the article, Benjamin Franklin suggested changing the alphabet is just one example of how it is normal for people to make changes to the english language. Through out history people have been trying to change how people spell words in the english language. It's just funny that people now days think it just because the texting and internet, yet if that was the case then why did Benjamin Franklin try to change the alphabet. Did Benjamin Franklin have a cell phone?
This is one example of how radom the English Language is.
Source
Shea, Ammon, A. S. (2010, January 24). The keypad solution. New York Times, p. MM22.
Unknown. (2011, January 31). Enuf or enough? why is english spelling so random?. Retrieved from http://hotword.dictionary.com/spelling/
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