# R U A Wrd Econmst? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972 "2011-06-18T21:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/1 "2011-06-18T21:34:25Z")
Wndr hw mny trees we cld sav f we al strted spelng lik ths n papr? (After being taught how to spell correctly that is.) Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/2 "2011-06-18T21:39:24Z")
What is this “paper” of which you speak? And more seriously, it would only save paper if it reduced the number of pages, which means you’d need an original text which was longer than a single page (don’t forget to use both sides). At which point that sort of “word economy” starts to get seriously hard to read. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/3 "2011-06-18T21:41:52Z")
**Arrrrgh!** Geniuses do vex me!!! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/4 "2011-06-21T19:47:51Z")
I’m starting to text more and more and I always have this crisis of conscience when I come to a ‘to’ or a ‘for’ or a ‘you’. Right now, I spell them out, but the siren call of 2, 4 and U is strong. I think I’d embrace a simplification of English spelling. For instance, all long ‘e’ sounds should be ‘ee’. No more of the ‘ea’ (meat) or ‘e at the end’ (discrete) bullshit. Stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/5 "2011-06-21T19:53:27Z")
No, I’m not a weird economist. I’m not even an economist at all. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/6 "2011-06-21T19:56:04Z")
Why not save paper using smaller page sizes. Instead of 8 1/2 x 11 make page sizes 1 1/2 x 3, and have everyone carry around a hand held magnifying glass. Otherwise all you’re saving is key strokes. Not that keystrokes should be trifled with mind you, but imo it won’t save paper. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/7 "2011-06-21T21:13:27Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Wndr hw mny trees we cld sav f we al strted spelng lik ths n papr? > > (After being taught how to spell correctly that is.) > > Quasi u shd stdy hbrw r rbc bcs thy spl lk tht. You should study Hebrew or Arabic because they spell like that. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/8 "2011-06-21T23:53:09Z")
N Im ltr ecnmst. No I am a letter economist:D ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/9 "2011-06-22T00:52:20Z")
I h8 ths. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-u-a-wrd-econmst/585972/10 "2011-06-22T23:25:32Z")
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