BBC – Judith Burns
“English-speaking children may take twice as long to learn to read and write as speakers of more regular languages because the spellings are so variable, according to a study. Now the English Spelling Society is using lines from Hamlet to demonstrate six spelling systems. And the public, particularly parents who have been trying to teach their children during lockdown, are invited to vote for a winner, to be promoted as the society’s official alternative to traditional English spelling.” (more)