Quotes of the Day

Friday, Jun. 04, 2010

Open quoteI think right now the young people are sending us a text message. They're saying enough of this foolishness.Close quote

  • Roberta Mahoney,
  • a protester at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington who is part of a group campaigning for simple spelling; the group believes traditional English is too confusing and want words to be spelled more phonetically
Photo: William Manning / Corbis | Source: Washington Post