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Gary Hustwit, 2007
Singing in the Rain shower curtain!
Singing in the Rain shower curtain!
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Hugh Jackman - Singing in the Rain Shower Curtain.
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1,000,000 deaths. The Henry the VIII disappearing wives mug.
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David - Also would like Singing in the Rain Shower Curtain
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I'm can't wait for Joe the Plumber to start making the reality show rounds now that he won't be Secretary of Labor.
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Am I also supposed to believe that this is a rare breed of flamingo that has never had any contact with the outside world and lives like cavepeoples?
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The irony inherent here in this suggestion is that prior to the printing press and the wide dissemination of the written word, spelling was not standardized and largely depended on the dialect of English spoken in a particular area. Searching through databases of old documents is tremendously frustrating because of trying to account for all of those variants. Over time, language, printing, and education evolved to the point where we started ruling out variations to avoid confusion. So those folks who want to allow language to "evolve" in such a way that it allows a set list of variants are actually suggesting that it we undo a part of English that was a product of a previous adaptation.
The other irony here is that what Smith is suggesting is not a natural evolution. Rather, it's a formal change to educational curriculum that votes to standardize misspellings (at which point, they would no longer be incorrect spellings of the words.) So instead of solving the problem of learning how to spell the word one way, educators would actually be required to learn a new "correct" way to spell words that they already knew how to spell correctly.
The other aspect that would be interesting is how these changes be accepted in the rest of the world. I'd hate to see a college paper of a kid who is brought up in one community that tolerates variant spellings.
And what about the international reception of this on the internet. If we wanted to search for a speech from Twelfth Night would we going to have to search run multiple searches for "speach twelfth night," "speech twelth night," "speech twelfth night," and "speach twelth night?"
The other irony here is that what Smith is suggesting is not a natural evolution. Rather, it's a formal change to educational curriculum that votes to standardize misspellings (at which point, they would no longer be incorrect spellings of the words.) So instead of solving the problem of learning how to spell the word one way, educators would actually be required to learn a new "correct" way to spell words that they already knew how to spell correctly.
The other aspect that would be interesting is how these changes be accepted in the rest of the world. I'd hate to see a college paper of a kid who is brought up in one community that tolerates variant spellings.
And what about the international reception of this on the internet. If we wanted to search for a speech from Twelfth Night would we going to have to search run multiple searches for "speach twelfth night," "speech twelth night," "speech twelfth night," and "speach twelth night?"
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If I win, I would like the Oberon please.
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Henry VIII disappearing wives mug.