Bee protesters say alfabetic system makes spelling werds eezy
Submitted on June 9, 2004 - 12:00am.
Beverly T. Gooden an Erinn R. Johnson
WASHINGTON – Wy chanje English spelling?
Several men and women from across the country came to the 77th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee last week to demonstrate how much easier they believe the English language could be.
Carrying signs such as “Enuf is Enuf” and “I'm thru with through,” representatives from the American Literacy Council and the Simplified Spelling Society spent hours marching outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel as children inside correctly – or incorrectly – spelled such words as triskaidekaphobia, fougade or netiquette.
Several men and women from across the country came to the 77th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee last week to demonstrate how much easier they believe the English language could be.
Carrying signs such as “Enuf is Enuf” and “I'm thru with through,” representatives from the American Literacy Council and the Simplified Spelling Society spent hours marching outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel as children inside correctly – or incorrectly – spelled such words as triskaidekaphobia, fougade or netiquette.
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