Source: arcamax.com via Jean on Pinterest   All those TV commercials aren’t helping Billy with his spelling! Some of the alternative spellings (“creme” for “cream” when a company isn’t using the real thing) are necessary. Others are attempts to be cute or different. Luckily Billy (and the rest of us) can use spellcheck for most [...]

 This week the American Literacy Council and London-based Spelling Society staged a protest at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. They want the English language to adopt simplified spellings for the complex and illogical system we currently use. “Enuf is enuf” is their motto: “Enough is too much.” The standardized spelling we use [...]