Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Words that should be spelled differently

Here is a non-exhaustive list of some words I feel should be spelled differently than how they are originally spelled. For example, some words should be spelled the way they sound, other words I simply cannot understand why they are spelled that way! Some words have silent letters and some words have completely different pronunciations that the way they are spelled.
1. words that end in -ght, such as night, and bright
These words should be spelled: nite, brite, fie, etc.
2. through
This word should be spelled: thru
3. scent
It should be spelled as sent or cent
*I believe words in English should not sound the same but have different meanings and spelled differently. Most words in other languages do not have that rule, such as Spanish, French, and Italian.
4. island
Silent "s," how about just iland?
5. spaghetti
This word was a challenge to learn when I was very little. I would always forget the "h." The way I would try to remember the spelling was pronouncing it: spag-het-ti
6. pneumonia
Sounds like "knew"
7. psychology
The common silent "p"
8. doubt
This word is commonly misspelled and there is a silent "b." I have seen it spelled "dowt".
9. weight
Silent -ght.
10. reign
Sounds very similar to the word "rain." The spelling of this word must be quite difficult to learn and understand.
11. rhyme
Silent "h" and "e"
12. beau
This word is spelled completely different than the word that sounds exactly the same: bow

These differences in spelling will make it much easier for others to learn our language and for people to remember spelling.
Check out: 100 Most Commonly Misspelled Words

3 comments:

  1. Vanessa, I completly agree with you about all of these words. English makes everything so much more complicated than it really has to be.

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  2. Vanessa,
    I found your blog hilarious! Although I can’t imagine some of those words being changed, I completely see where you are coming from. English is one of the hardest languages to master and with all those odd spelling techniques it’s no wonder why so many people have a hard time learning to read and spell.

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  3. This is so creative and great!! I always wonder why things are spelled the way they are, and I think it's simply to confuse us!!

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