You can learn spelling only by writing!

కొంతమంది వారికి వచ్చిన భాషలను చక్కగా మాట్లాడుతారు. కానీ, రాత విషయానికి వస్తే మాత్రం దారుణమైన పొరపాట్లు చేస్తుంటారు. ఇక్కడి సంభాషణలోనూ ఇదే ప్రధానమైన అంశం.

కొంతమంది వారికి వచ్చిన భాషలను చక్కగా మాట్లాడుతారు. కానీ, రాత విషయానికి వస్తే మాత్రం దారుణమైన పొరపాట్లు చేస్తుంటారు. ఇక్కడి సంభాషణలోనూ ఇదే ప్రధానమైన అంశం. ఇంగ్లిష్‌ చక్కగా మాట్లాడే ఓ విద్యార్థి రాతదగ్గరికి వచ్చే సరికి ఈవ్‌టీజింగ్‌ను ఈవ్‌టీచింగ్‌ అని, సింటాక్స్‌ను సింటెక్స్‌గా, బీటెన్‌ను బిటెన్‌గారాశాడు. ఆ విద్యార్థి తప్పులను ఓ ఉపాధ్యాయుడు మొట్టికాయలు వేస్తూ మరీ సరిదిద్దుతున్నాడు.చక్కగా మాట్లాడటమే కాదు… తప్పులు లేకుండా రాయగలగడమూ గొప్ప విషయమే!

Teacher: See this. ‘Burn in a poor family, he rose to riches.’
Student: That’s a fact, sir. I get inspiration from him.
Teacher: See what you’ve written!
Student: ‘Is teaching a crime?’

Teacher: Have you gone mad?
Student: Is it a punishable crime?

Teacher: What’s wrong with you?
Student: I mean eve-teaching.

Teacher: That’s what I don’t like about you.
Student: May I know what you don’t like about me, sir?

Teacher: You speak well, but you write horribly.
Student: My sintex or spelling, sir?

Teacher: Don’t say sintex. Say syntax.
Student: Syntax. Thank you, sir.

Teacher: Your spelling is appalling, horrendous, shameful, inexcusable. &
Student: Is it so bad, sir?

Teacher: Awful, dreadful, scandalous, ghastly, hideous &
Student: Come back to the crime of eve-teaching, sir.

Teacher: It is eve-teasing. Yes, it’s a crime.
Student: Any more devils in my write-up, sir?
Teacher: See this sentence. ‘The supreme court has raped the state government.’
Student: Yes, sir. The court has raped the state government over failure of law and order.

Teacher: Not raped. The court has rapped the state government.
Student: My God! Hope there are no more spelling errors, sir.

Teacher: No more mistakes? Your write-up is infested with them.
Student: Please point them out, sir.

Teacher: What have you written here?
Student: ‘The suspected culprit was bitten in the police lock-up.’

Teacher: Like stray dogs and wolves?
Student: No, sir. Like a hero against a villain, or a minister against a protester.

Teacher: Your theme is superb but your spelling is torturous.
Student: How, sir?

Teacher: You should write‘The culprit was beaten in the police lock-up.’
Student: Any more, sir?

Teacher: See this. ‘Burn in a poor family, he rose to riches.’
Student: That’s a fact, sir. I get inspiration from him.

Teacher: Can’t you say,‘Born in a poor family &?’
Student: You’ve opened my eyes, sir. What’s the short cut to learning spelling?

Teacher: There’s no short cut. You can learn spelling only by writing.
Student: But I am already writing, am I not?

Teacher: Not creative writing. Copy writing.

Grape- rape- ape

Kamal: A puzzle for you.
Vani: I’m ready to take it.
Kamal: It contains molestation and a monkey. What’s it?
Vani: Please give me a clue.
Kamal: It’s a lexicon item.
Vani: One more clue, please.
Kamal: It’s a word. The monkey’s tail is missing.
Vani: Sorry, I can’t solve it.
Kamal: Grape!

-సూర్యారావు ఎం.వి
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