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To: Savant who wrote (2176)	9/23/1998 3:26:00 PM
From: The Osprey	Respond to of 4201

I will stop while I am ahead.I was only saying that with loss of proper spelling comes failure to identify words that have been spelled correctly as no one for the first 4 years of their life tell them the difference.As a result reading suffers or comprehension of the same.With a lack of fair reading skills comes low self esteem and regression.What was intended to create risk takers and more colorful language worked for the majority but the minority are now being chased by stay in school programs and reading recovery programs. I guess you can tell that I am for phonetic style learning.And yes I realize that a lot of jobs do not require it(spelling and reading) but when you sit down to tutor a student in grade 8 and he reads at grade 4 level you see the misgivings and shortcomings of the system of wholistic language.

To: Savant who wrote (2176)	9/23/1998 3:34:00 PM
From: The Osprey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4201

Savant, Alot of times you will pick up on little traits in language like my doesn't or dosen't(the latter being wrong) but in this medium the message is usually understood and in many cases spelling may be typographical as opposed to spelling error or errors caused by the desire to maintain a realtime exchange and errors do occur. I have always had the greatest respect for people who are able to master three or more languages and feel they are at an advantage and I do enjoy accents.