It suddenly dawned on me last night, way after the event, that I had written "overdraught", when I had meant "overdraft", which means a different thing entirely. (I have now corrected, it of course.) The thing is: I always write it like that, even when I have seen it written down countless times. But then something went "ping" in my head and I self-corrected my mistake.
I think it's better when children do this, instead of constantly being corrected by other people, on their spelling, on their grammar. And they do do it. This is why I am constantly resisting saying anything when Joy says something like "I hafted to do something" instead of "I had to..". I'm sure it will go ping. I suppose sometimes these things can go on a little too long and we end up feeling silly for being wrong for so long, but I don't think it's got to that stage yet.
Also- Fergus did some writing today... in "Fergusese", so that noone else could understand what he was writing. (yeah, right) Not quite sure what that's about yet, but, hey, maybe I shouldn't try to analyse. I think I had a slight worry that he was trying to cover himself, but it's probably an impotant stage towards writing. He had just copy-written five words in a card.
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I spelled whether and rather wrongly (wether and rarther) until my mid-20s - even changing my computer's spellchecker because I thought it must be wrong!
I also always have to look up permanent because of my seemingly incurable tendency to spell it permenant.
We're all learning all the time, which is why I object to educationalists making such a big deal out of it for children.
Gill- I still can't spell permanent! (o I just did, but probabably because I just saw it)and I still get confused over practise- lol to you changing the spellchecker! I'm sure I have done something like this!
Yes, I find it annoying when adults think they have the right to correct children, and believe they are doing the right thing. Often it's none of their business: they are a well-meaning relative or a total stranger. yeah we are learning all the time.
I wonder whether it's partly what's behind the new L33T speak thing. Children creating their own language to communicate in because it can't be corrected by adults, who I think must increasingly seem to them like aliens from another planet.
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