Spelling invention . . . Part I
I haven't read Charles Read's work on children's invented spelling but am going to post some of the interesting English words as spelled written down by an 8-year old studying English in India.
Note : Seed for this post was drafted three years back but pushed to hibernate, and re-ignited now.
'Ruff' work [ Actual word: Roughwork ]
Increa'ces' [Actual word : Increases ]
Prep'era'tion [ Actual word : Preparation ]
Resist'ence' [ Actual word : Resistance ]
Y'eild'ing [ Actual word : Yielding ]
K'erla' [ Actual word : Kerala ]
W'hea'ther [ Actual word : Whether ]
Obta'ind' [ Actual word : Obtained ]
Sym'tems' [ Actual word : Symptoms ]
F'eav'er [ Actual word : Fever ]
S'hed'ule [ Actual word : Schedule ]
Spa'id' [ Actual word : Spade ]
Rec'ieve' [ Actual word : Receive ]
Re'couc'es [ Actual word : Resources ]
Note : Seed for this post was drafted three years back but pushed to hibernate, and re-ignited now.
'Ruff' work [ Actual word: Roughwork ]
Increa'ces' [Actual word : Increases ]
Prep'era'tion [ Actual word : Preparation ]
Resist'ence' [ Actual word : Resistance ]
Y'eild'ing [ Actual word : Yielding ]
K'erla' [ Actual word : Kerala ]
W'hea'ther [ Actual word : Whether ]
Obta'ind' [ Actual word : Obtained ]
Sym'tems' [ Actual word : Symptoms ]
F'eav'er [ Actual word : Fever ]
S'hed'ule [ Actual word : Schedule ]
Spa'id' [ Actual word : Spade ]
Rec'ieve' [ Actual word : Receive ]
Re'couc'es [ Actual word : Resources ]
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