Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?
Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?
(OP)
I have watched evolve within our company:
Air waybill
Air-waybill
Airwaybill
Air shipment
Air-shipment
Airshipment
It made me realise words and spelling evolve from people who don't, won't, or can't spell. They are the architects of change.
Air waybill
Air-waybill
Airwaybill
Air shipment
Air-shipment
Airshipment
It made me realise words and spelling evolve from people who don't, won't, or can't spell. They are the architects of change.





RE: Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?
Hg
RE: Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?
Air-waybill
and
Air-shipment
if "air waybill" is it a waybill for air ?
or
if it is air shipment - are you shipping air?
Like many co-joined words in English - they start out with a hypen and end up as a single word.
That's English and aren't we lucky that we can change the language to suit our needs.
Naresuan University
Phitsanulok
Thailand
RE: Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?
The rest of us are boat anchors.
RE: Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?
I'm with you. I was in Nuclear Power and we called ourselves "Nucs" (pronounced "nuke") and a few years ago I saw a reference to the retention problems with "Nukes". Way back when, we would had squashed anyone who wrote the word that way, but today there is no comment on it.
I guess lazy, dumb, uninformable people were also responsible for "Nick" being a legitimate replacement for "Nicholas".
David
RE: Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?
RE: Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?
Good Luck
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As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein
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RE: Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?
On a similar note, I can't wait to see how the contributors to the OED handle Bill Clinton's use of the word "is."
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Naresuan University
Phitsanulok
Thailand
RE: Does English Evolve From People Who Won't Spell?