Sept. 3, 2011
4:17 a.m.
Greg Ewing writes:
I find it curious that pronunciation always seems to take precedence over spelling in campaigns like this. Nowadays, especially with the internet increasingly taking over from personal interaction, we probably see words written a lot more often than we hear them spoken. Why shouldn't we change the pronunciation to match the spelling rather than the other way around?
Because 90% of all people move their lips when reading. :-) More seriously, because almost nobody learns to read before learning to understand spoken language. Aural language is more primitive than written language.