Apparently, some schools in the U.S. didn’t teach phonics until recently (2014).

Did anyone here learn phonics in school?

  • @over_clox
    -7•16 hours ago

    Back in the day, we learned phonics and syllables, and the general proper way to spell, pronounce and enunciate words.

    Today people are lazy, and say shit like ROTFLMFAO, and expect everyone else to know what that letter salad means.

      • @over_clox
        1•16 hours ago

        I said back in the day. I was born in 1982, back when people Xeroxed their memes and knew how to spell out things like Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Fucking Ass Off.

        • Arghblarg
          4•15 hours ago

          Xerox?! In my day we only had those faded-ass mimeographs, stinky sheets of blurry purple letters :P

          …and we learned phonics in Canada in the late 70s.

          • davel [he/him]English
            2•15 hours ago

            stinky sheets of blurry purple letters

            Hey now, the fresh ones smelled pretty good!

          • @over_clox
            2•15 hours ago

            Ah, we actually had those purple mimeographs in gradeschool! Yep, the quality was shit, but it worked.

            I just figured more people would remember Xerox. 🤷‍♂️