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What is lacking in our language system and how can we make sustainable changes to correct it ?

Yes. One of the world's biggest Problem of Language and Education. Language is more than anything else makes us human...

Unlike most other languages English doesn't have a set phonetic pronunciation for every word. Besides English,learning another 1 or 2 languages is an added advantage in a new economy in the long term. And the fact that every single rule of grammar and spelling has exceptions and the exceptions are never consistant. So I would say that the main disadvantage of the English language is that it is hard to learn.

Aren't there opportunities here for creative problem solvers? The USA has a multitude of children's publications. Could those in the publishing industry provide A new language named Simplish a uniform International standard for English language and it is important to erradicate illiteracy by using English Language , which will include our colloquial terms and the most essential words.If you want to be logical use Hindi alphabets. Because Hindi language is phonetic not English. Phonetic here means that you can predict the pronunciation from the spelling, and predict the spelling from the pronunciation. And the fact that every single rule of grammar and spelling has exceptions and the exceptions are never consistant. So I would say that the main disadvantage of the English language is that it is hard to learn.

In addition, the language is continuing to grow, with at least 25,00 words per year being added. I have found a hidden talent I never knew I had. I am able to embrace and encourage this new talent within myself So my latest Recipe ( languageSimplish) :

Take some Gaelic (original language of the Celts) Add a little Latin (from the Roman invasion) Mix in a lot of Anglo-Saxon (invasions from what is now Denmark and northern Germany) Fold in a little French (1066 and Do not forget If you want to be logical use Hindi alphabets. Because Hindi language is phonetic not English. Phonetic here means that you can predict the pronunciation from the spelling, and predict the spelling from the pronunciation.

How can we make it popular for people who have problem of learning spellings .?

Kindly add a phonetic language{ Simplish } in www.wikipedia.org

Why can't people learn to spell properly - and what has happened to grammar? I am sorry to say that some of the answers I have received from people makes me believe that the schools are not teaching English anymore. Small problem.....? Problem is .. Unlike most other languages English doesn't have a set phonetic pronunciation for every word. One of the world's biggest Problem of Language and Education. Language is more than anything else makes us human...

World needs a phonetic language for better education because...English is not extremely hard to start learning, but hard to perfect. A new language named Simplish a uniform International standard for English language and it is important to erradicate illiteracy by using English Language. Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice.Transliteration because Hindi language is phonetic not English. Kindly add a phonetic language { Simplish or language X } in www.wikipedia.org. It needs a website like Globish language { http://www.globish.com/ } Spelling - Because of the many changes in pronunciation which have occurred since a written standard developed, and the retention of many historical idiosyncrasies in spelling, English spelling is difficult even for native speakers to master. This difficulty is shown in such activities as spelling bees that generally require the memorization of words.

English is messed up even without slang and or jargon being thrown into the mix. Take for example the word cleave it can mean both: to adhere closely; stick; cling (usually fol. by to). or to cut off; sever: could these two definitions be more opposite? No wonder it is such a hard languange to learn.

Spellings in english is hard...because so many words have extra letters that you don't need...like through...psycology.The fact that the spelling is far from phonetic - the same combinations of letters can stand for totally different words, like the "ough" in "tough", "though", "drought", etc.

No wonder it is such a hard languange to learn. lot of the spelling rules are also not consistent like with the word "pretty" for example. Phonics rules are that the "e" in this word should be a short sound. This is not true for the letter "e" at all. IN this word, the letter "e" has the sound of the short "i". Why not spell this word "pritty" as it is pronounced? This is just one such example and then you have all of the silent sounds.

Its pronunciation, and all the words that sound the same but arent, like see and sea, red and read. It makes it hard to follow ppl sometimes, especially when accents are involved. In most words that end in "e", the vowel is long (says it's name) bake, take, fate, smite, home, phone. Oxford, Yahoo Groups , teachers and wikipedia like things can help us selecting one of a Phonetic language for children like Kanata

Hindi

Japanese! :) Everyone should learn because 36 letters would be needed to make English language phonetic.

Phonetic here means that you can predict the pronunciation from the spelling, and predict the spelling from the pronunciation .Hindi is said to be more phonetic because of 47..alphabets 14 vowels 33 consonants

According to the Oxford dictionary's Key to Phonetic Symbols, there are 20 pronunciations of vowels/ diphthongs and 24 pronunciations of consonants in the English language, total: 44 letters

When IM and TXT messaging arrived, people wanted to message quickly and a new set of shorthand developed from the need. However, English is still alive and well. I have a good friend who teaches HS English. Here is a version of her speech at the beginning of each semester. "My name is Mrs. X and this is junior English. We will be learning English this semester, and you will be required to write several essays and papers. You need to be aware that all of these writing assignments need to be written in proper English. Any paper that is turned in with technological shorthand will receive an automatic failing grade. There will be no exceptions."

People who speak English as their first language are not necessarily aware which sound for A they are using when they use or read a word they have known. Of course, they are literate, whether they can explain the phonics system or not, because literate means capable of reading.

Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice.

From a linguistic point of view, transliteration is a mapping from one system of writing into another, word by word. Transliteration attempts to be exact, so that an informed reader should be able to reconstruct the original spelling of unknown transliterated words. To achieve this objective transliteration may define complex conventions for dealing with letters in a source script which do not correspond with letters in a goal script.

Yes. a language that is spelled based on what you hear. etymology is a science of words and the words often are spelled differently than what the ear hears.

Its pronunciation, and all the words that sound the same but arent, like see and sea, red and read. It makes it hard to follow ppl sometimes, especially when accents are involved. In most words that end in "e", the vowel is long (says it's name) bake, take, fate, smite, home, phone.

The idioms are insanely difficult for others to understand. ("Rains cats and dogs," "see the light," etc.)

Then there are things like phrasal verbs (which, I'll call a kind of slang for argument's sake). Phrasal verbs are those verb phrases that we know so well and use so often that most often consist of some basic verb plus a preposition or adverb that then changes the meaning of the verb. Take for example, the verb to MAKE. Then add some prepositions/adverbs to it: to make OUT (= to kiss and smoosh faces with someone passionately) to make UP (=to do at a later time, as with a test; to get back on good terms with someone you might have been fighting with) to make OVER (=to complete redo, as with getting a whole new wardrobe, look, etc.) See what I mean? :P These phrasal verbs are some of the hardest things for non-native English speaking to learn, and to be able to use correctly.

English is messed up even without slang and or jargon being thrown into the mix. Hindi language is phonetic not English. Phoneticism has been embraced by some Eastern civilizations in recent years.

Simplish needs place in Wikipedia etc. ( Wikipedia does not accept this on the base of website like answers.yahoo.com--Ammbaanig (talk) 16:17, 1 March 2008 (UTC)