Absurd English spellings
The Simplified Spelling Society has an interesting site and their aim should appeal to a lot of our students - judging by some of the work I see on a daily basis.
Among a range of sections is one that features poems that highlight some of the inconsistencies in the English language. Like this one:
| Eye halve a spelling checker It came with my pea sea It plainly marques for my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it to say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite It's rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it Eye am shore your pleased two no It's letter perfect awl the weigh My checker tolled me sew. by Margo Roark. |