On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:57:24 -0400, Richard Wordingham
<richard@...> wrote:

> A: I'm going to.
> B: I'm going too.
> C: Where are you going to?

I'm noticing that some significant number of people can't spell to/too
correctly, at least sometimes. It seems that they are satisfied to write
the sound of the word as "to", which would make B. the same as A.

I also see the word "off" misspelled as "of" (by a Ph.D., in one instance,
who was pained when I pointed it out, saying he got A's in English). His
essay about lightning began with an unintended poetic touch: "As we go of
on a sumers day..."

Agreed, these rants and such about sub-literacy are even more off-topic,
although I do try to keep them somewhat relevant (and probably post no
more!) However, a near-consensus among the more-poorly educated (or those
who have real difficulty) might influence educated spelling slightly, and
spawn a dialect of the written language.

Regards from the Great Northeast Temperate Rain Forest,

--
Nicholas Bodley /*|*\ Waltham, Mass.