`:I think I was probably tired and in a bad mood at the time. I apologise, and will try to avoid such language in future.  :I think the internationalisation still needs some effort. Actually I'm not certain the term 'phonics' is even used outside the USA; everything I've read has used the term ``orthography`` for the relationship of speech sounds to the writing system, and I've only seen American sources refer to this method of teaching reading and writing as ``phonics``. Some research needs to be done on this, I think, and certainly we need to cite whatever sources this information comes from. (Unfortunately I don't have time to do it.)    `