Current spelling practices
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Anonymous
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When did “fave” become “fav”? They shouldn’t be pronounced the same way.
When did “fridge” become “frig”? Ditto. |
Anonymous
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It shouldn't be fave. It's an abbreviation of favorite so just fav.
Frig is just dropping 2 letters. |
Anonymous
| I’m with you OP. I think it’s because they stopped teaching phonics. Kids don’t know what the letters mean. |
Anonymous
Using your reasoning, why isn’t duplicate shortened to “dup”? |
Anonymous
It is! Dupe is a whole other word. |
Anonymous
| I c this upsets u. |
Anonymous
Actually they’ve started teaching the kids phonics—my teens were not taught phonics extensively in school and now the primary grades ARE being taught phonics. |
Anonymous
OP is literally complaining that the spelling is too phonetic. |
Anonymous
When did refrigerator become fridge? Why add a d that isn't supposed to be there? Your brain is ossifying in your old age. |
Anonymous
| It’s not arguable that fridge and fave were first. The question is when did frig and fav (and apparently dup) come into use? |
Anonymous
| I remember reading a book in the 80s and didn't know what "natch" meant. There was no internet to ask, either! |
Anonymous
I always call it the kuhlschrank. |
Anonymous
| Frig has another meaning lol |
Anonymous
| Fridge and fave ARE the phonetic spellings to maintain the same pronunciation of those syllables. |
Anonymous
At least two! |