-=> Quoting Dan Triplett to Leona Payne <=-
 LP>As a student, I was never corrected on certain words & STILL have
 LP>problems remembering how to spell responsi/responsability.  I KNOW
 LP>it's responsi, but I WANT to spell it responsa, because that's the
 LP>way I **always** did it & I never got it marked wrong.  Oh, well.
 DT> Great Leona...but approximated spellings are not learned spellings and
 DT> do NOT have to be unlearned.  Most people misunderstand this point and
 DT> many seem to ignore it altogether.
And many see your claim as the bunk it really is. If a kid spells "cheese"
as "cheez" every single time, he "knows" to spell it this way and therefore
he has learned to spell it this way. At some point (but perhaps never), the
correct spelling will have to be taught him, and then he'll have to
unlearn the wrong spelling he has been permitted to use by teachers with
lazy intellects.
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