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What's your opinion of orthography? Is it important? Does it bother you when people making spelling mistakes? Do you think it should be kept as it is or made as close to pronunciation as possible? There are countries that consider simplifying spelling. Some others already went through spelling reforms. Personally, I have mixed feelings about this. It's true that languages like Russian or French may have the word written in one way and pronounced in a completely different way but I consider this a part of the language history. Also, I don't think that people who are too lazy to bother with correct spelling or unfortunate enough to have dyslexy or other learning difficulties will benefit in any way from a more simple spelling system. But I'm curious to know what other people on Linguaholic think about this.