It could be the result of mispronunciation.
For example, they might mistake the verb advise for the noun advice. They may not understand the parts of speech or word classes. People misspell for a variety of reasons. There are other causes of spelling error apart from the irregularities of the language itself. Spelling errors: where do they come from? Thereafter, a line was drawn between “correct” and “incorrect” spelling. The invention of dictionaries in the 18th century “froze” the language. Shakespeare, for example, spelt his own name in several different ways and did not think this was remarkable. Until that time, there was considerable flexibility in the way people spelt words. People who have difficulty spelling might draw little comfort from the fact that, had they lived prior to the 18th century, their “poor” spelling might have gone unnoticed. This pattern of irregularity affects about 25% of English words, but within that 25% are about 400 of the most frequently used words.
There are a number of letters in English that are not pronounced or pronounced differently in certain words.
Other languages, such as Italian or Korean, by comparison are quite phonetic (most letters are pronounced, and most letters are pronounced in a consistent way). Do we need to fix it? Can we fix it?Įnglish spelling can present problems for writers, even for those who are born into English-speaking cultures. It probably wasn’t Shaw, but it does make an interesting point about the absurdities in English spelling. He pronounced it “ fish” because of the sounds touGH wOmen and naTIOn. How would you pronounce that? According to urban legend, it was George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright, who coined the term in his quest for spelling reform.
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