Spelling of actionally2/20/2023 ![]() ![]() MOST COMIC BOOKS USE UPPERCASE AS IT IS A MORE EFFICIENT USE OF SPACE. Or why don’t we just follow Twitter users and use ALL CAPS. I personally think all words should be equal. What’s the deal with capital letters? Why should certain words have a capital letter? What’s so special about proper nouns? Auckland, Jacinda, English. Oh, and grammar and punctuation aren’t important either. It’s a playful way to engage readers on a deeper level. Or why not target that essential 21 st-century skill, problem-solving. Kiwis have shown that vowels are pretty interchangeable. ![]() We could even change to our own Nu Ziled akcent English. Plus, does it really matter if we write, ‘The cat sat on the mat’, or, ‘Da kat set un de matt’? It’s perfectly understandable. That’s not O for awesome.ĭeep down we all know that spelling isn’t important.Īn entirely trustworthy meme famously found “it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae.” UR, LOL, IDK, IRL, THX, TMI, GR8, have all survived long since the last Nokia 3301 was retired.īut instead of kicking on and finishing the job we have waited until 2020 to be beaten by the UK’s 50 th best university. Plus, acronyms and texting abbreviations are very innovative. Back in the heydays of the mid-2000s, where text messages were limited to 160 characters and numeric keyboards ruled, NZQA allowed txt language in NCEA exams. New Zealand used to lead the world in dismantling spelling. Why isn’t New Zealand following the University of Hull’s brave lead? Unleashing students’ creativity and smashing the limiting social construct that is proper English. For those who haven’t heard, a British university has instructed its lecturers to overlook incorrect spelling, punctuation and grammar. ![]()
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