General Discussion

deals with the problem. More and more, people do not spell out words. They just speak them into a microphone and the computer or phone spells the words.

This is not something I particularly like. I'm just explaining the process of the development of language, and I think we are seeing changes in the way words are spelled right now, changes that are due to technological change.

I like my their, there and they're as I was taught them in school. But I notice that my husband relies on Siri for the spelling in his text messages. And it results in a lot of laughter at Siri's lack of English comprehension. We have a good time with it.

But language changes over time, and the differences between their, there and they're are like to disappear as computerese dominates the spelling of words in the English language.

The history of the development of the various European languages is fascinating. Language is always changing. Computers will change our current English. It is inevitable.