30 November 2010
Linguist Dennis Baron has a post on the OUP Blog on why efforts at spelling reform are just plain futile, and silly. I have mixed feelings about linking to this. While Dr. Baron is quite right, the efforts of organizations like the English Spelling Society don’t have a hope in hell of actually succeeding. They’re a bunch of harmless cranks. Spilling more ink on the subject of spelling reform just gives them legitimacy. Then again, Dennis’s tone is spot on. Derision is a good cure for cranks.
