Kyle Thayer
@kylethayer.com
Assistant teaching professor at UW iSchool. Interested in Programming, Culture, and Education. PhD from UW CSE. Co-author of Social Media, Ethics, and Automation (bit.ly/smeabook). Opinions my own. He/him.
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Oops! most of us missed the long press. Working now! Thanks!
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Oops! most of us missed the long press. Working now! Thanks!
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Sounds like a direct continuation of Webster’s simplification work! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster...
Webster's Dictionary - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sounds like a direct continuation of Webster’s simplification work! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster...
@swilua.bsky.social Is there anyone whose put together like a descriptivist new English spelling phonetic rules (since you mentioned new slang tends to follow a more modern phonetics)?
It would be interesting to see text rewritten following new, more consistent phonetic rules.
It would be interesting to see text rewritten following new, more consistent phonetic rules.
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@swilua.bsky.social Is there anyone whose put together like a descriptivist new English spelling phonetic rules (since you mentioned new slang tends to follow a more modern phonetics)?
It would be interesting to see text rewritten following new, more consistent phonetic rules.
It would be interesting to see text rewritten following new, more consistent phonetic rules.
Reposted by Kyle Thayer
Language shifts can be extremely rapid
Verbs, for example, regularize at a rate inversely proportional to the square root of their usage frequency
Years and years ago on my Mormon Mommy Blog I wrote about “slang” spelling & how it was just “spelling things how they sound”
It WERKS if you WERK IT
Verbs, for example, regularize at a rate inversely proportional to the square root of their usage frequency
Years and years ago on my Mormon Mommy Blog I wrote about “slang” spelling & how it was just “spelling things how they sound”
It WERKS if you WERK IT
But we absolutely need a good spelling reform to update and simplify how English is written.
I asoom the most efectiv way to acheev this iz to just start dooing it.
Hoo’s in?
I asoom the most efectiv way to acheev this iz to just start dooing it.
Hoo’s in?
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Language shifts can be extremely rapid
Verbs, for example, regularize at a rate inversely proportional to the square root of their usage frequency
Years and years ago on my Mormon Mommy Blog I wrote about “slang” spelling & how it was just “spelling things how they sound”
It WERKS if you WERK IT
Verbs, for example, regularize at a rate inversely proportional to the square root of their usage frequency
Years and years ago on my Mormon Mommy Blog I wrote about “slang” spelling & how it was just “spelling things how they sound”
It WERKS if you WERK IT
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ANYWAY WHY DO WE HAVE TO SPELL LIKE IT IS 1300??
IT IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING WELL
IT IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING WELL
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
ANYWAY WHY DO WE HAVE TO SPELL LIKE IT IS 1300??
IT IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING WELL
IT IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING WELL
On 9/11, my high school history teacher was the one teacher who turned off the TV. She pulled down the world map and explained the history of Afghanistan (Soviet Invasion, USA arming Osama Bin Laden to fight Soviets, USA backing out of promises, etc.). Most useful info I got on 9/11 for years after.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
On 9/11, my high school history teacher was the one teacher who turned off the TV. She pulled down the world map and explained the history of Afghanistan (Soviet Invasion, USA arming Osama Bin Laden to fight Soviets, USA backing out of promises, etc.). Most useful info I got on 9/11 for years after.