In all seriousness - spelling is pointless! Spelling only came into existence around the 1700s - before that it didn't matter. It was the Americans that started it. They were so obsessed about not being British (cos basically they were but didn't want people to think so!) so they started to make their own spellings (ie. the wrong ones). Along with social pressure of 'change is bad' language became much more strictured and 'correct spelling' was enforced - hence the situation we have today. Ie. we have the American Revolution to thank for spelling tests
Please congratulate me on achieving a complete level of unbias, courtesy and using no exaggeration whatsoever!