Anonymous
Post 06/14/2025 11:06     Subject: Current spelling practices
Anonymous wrote:Frig has another meaning lol


At least two!
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2025 11:05     Subject: Current spelling practices
Fridge and fave ARE the phonetic spellings to maintain the same pronunciation of those syllables.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2025 10:56     Subject: Current spelling practices
Frig has another meaning lol
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2025 10:35     Subject: Current spelling practices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When did “fave” become “fav”? They shouldn’t be pronounced the same way.

When did “fridge” become “frig”? Ditto.


When did refrigerator become fridge? Why add a d that isn't supposed to be there?

Your brain is ossifying in your old age.


I always call it the kuhlschrank.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2025 07:49     Subject: Current spelling practices
I remember reading a book in the 80s and didn't know what "natch" meant. There was no internet to ask, either!
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2025 07:47     Subject: Current spelling practices
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
Post 06/14/2025 07:01     Subject: Current spelling practices
Anonymous wrote:When did “fave” become “fav”? They shouldn’t be pronounced the same way.

When did “fridge” become “frig”? Ditto.


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
Post 06/14/2025 06:59     Subject: Current spelling practices
Anonymous wrote:I’m with you OP. I think it’s because they stopped teaching phonics. Kids don’t know what the letters mean.


OP is literally complaining that the spelling is too phonetic.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2025 05:54     Subject: Current spelling practices
Anonymous wrote:I’m with you OP. I think it’s because they stopped teaching phonics. Kids don’t know what the letters mean.


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
Post 06/14/2025 05:44     Subject: Current spelling practices
I c this upsets u.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2025 00:06     Subject: Re:Current spelling practices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It shouldn't be fave. It's an abbreviation of favorite so just fav.
Frig is just dropping 2 letters.


Using your reasoning, why isn’t duplicate shortened to “dup”?


It is!

Dupe is a whole other word.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 23:56     Subject: Re:Current spelling practices
Anonymous wrote:It shouldn't be fave. It's an abbreviation of favorite so just fav.
Frig is just dropping 2 letters.


Using your reasoning, why isn’t duplicate shortened to “dup”?
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 23:22     Subject: Current spelling practices
I’m with you OP. I think it’s because they stopped teaching phonics. Kids don’t know what the letters mean.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 22:12     Subject: Re:Current spelling practices
It shouldn't be fave. It's an abbreviation of favorite so just fav.
Frig is just dropping 2 letters.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2025 20:22     Subject: Current spelling practices
When did “fave” become “fav”? They shouldn’t be pronounced the same way.

When did “fridge” become “frig”? Ditto.