From a7d7542dc646a5fd124ef71e71ce260889f1701b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Camil Staps Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 19:24:50 +0100 Subject: Moved to 1415 directory --- 1415/files/practicum/ImproveEnglishSpelling.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 1415/files/practicum/ImproveEnglishSpelling.txt (limited to '1415/files/practicum/ImproveEnglishSpelling.txt') diff --git a/1415/files/practicum/ImproveEnglishSpelling.txt b/1415/files/practicum/ImproveEnglishSpelling.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c9d76c --- /dev/null +++ b/1415/files/practicum/ImproveEnglishSpelling.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +A plan for the improvement of English spelling + +For example, in Year 1 that useless letter 'c' would be dropped to be replaced either by 'k' or 's', and likewise 'x' would no longer be part of the alphabet. +The only case in which 'c' would be retained would be the 'ch' formation, which will be dealt with later. + +Year 2 might reform 'w' spelling, so that 'which' and 'one' would take the same consonant, while Year 3 might +well abolish 'y' replacing it with 'i' and Year 4 might fix the 'g/j' anomaly once and for all. + +Generally, then, the improvement would continue year by year with Year 5 doing away with useless +double consonants, and Years 6-12 or so modifying vowels and the remaining voiced and unvoiced consonants. + +By Year 15 or so, it would finally be possible to make just off the redundant letters 'c', 'y' and 'x' +-- by now just a memory in the minds of old dodderers -- to replace 'ch', 'sh', and 'th' +respectively. + +Finally, then, after some 20 years of orthographical reform, we would have a logical, coherent spelling in just +throughout the English-speaking world. -- cgit v1.2.3