sex!

My memory of the Whitlam years (hey, I was in kindergarten at the time) is that Gough was removed from office because his name wasn't spelt the way it sounds!




About these essays...

Theatre, Arts, Literature, English, Spelling...aren't these rather closely related? I expect actors and arts practitioners to have a better-than average grasp of the language, and if they don't they ought to brush up. Poor spelling or vocabulary in a letter or on a CV influences peoples' opinion about your ability a lot more than some would like to realise.

The English language is convoluted and contradictory anyway, and constantly evolving, especially with new computer terminology and particularly Americanisms. (ie much of their spelling is creeping in everywhere and I often think American spelling makes more sense than British anyway...eg 'realize' rather than 'realise')

So by all means, feel free to break rules whenever it is appropriate to create new meaning, be poetic, or make some point.

But of course, to be allowed to break the rules, it helps to KNOW the rules...

Craig

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PS: For instance, why is 'essays' the plural, and not 'essaies' ?


Why should thou live to fill the world with words?!