| The Internet Has Ruinned Our Spelling Abilitys |
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| Written by Ross Cavins | ||||||
| Monday, 06 August 2007 | ||||||
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It's true. The world's spelling acuity, and America's in particular, has suffered immensely due to one major reason. The advent of the Internet.
 Spelling Bee Contestants Humans are a visual species, we learn spelling by seeing the words repeatedly. Remember in school when you realized that you learned better when you rewrote your notes? The combination of tactile and visual stimulation teaches the neurons in our brains how to retain information. How many sitcoms can you count that had an episode where a character was going to cheat on a test, wrote the answers on his shoe or hand, then when the time came, he didn't need them because he'd inadvertently learned the material? With the internet at practically everyone's fingertips, we are now bombarded with incorrect spellings repeatedly, rewiring and confusing our memories. Good spellers, like me, now have to look words up that we've known our whole life. In college, before the onslaught of the internet, I don't think I ever used spell-check a single time. Now I dare not post anything, not even a small paragraph, without running it through some program first. I recite the "i before e, except after c" phrase every time I type "receive" or "believe." Its and it's. Their, there and they're. To, too and two. English can be confusing enough without being lambasted constantly with incorrect grammar and spelling. Don't get me wrong, the internet is probably the most important invention man has ever achieved (except maybe the bathroom exhaust fan). It has opened up our borders and introduced us all to new and amazing cultures.
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