Fellow writers will appreciate this, as it addresses a deap-seated problem we deal with every day. Without further comment,
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter c would be dropped to be replased either by k or s, and likewise x would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase 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 konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish y replasing it with i and Iear 4 might fiks the g/j anomali wonse and for all.
Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants.
Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez c, y and x -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais ch, sh, and th rispektivli.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
-Mark Twain
4 comments:
i leik the idia alot. It wod meik speling much eisier for mos of ius.
Ahh... but the readers won't have it!
I haven't checked your blog for a little while I missed alot. Many bloggers begin with avid posting, then slowly fade away. Keep it going! Your perspective on things is engaging.
I enjoyed our time yesterday. As always, I have lots to think about after a conversation. :)
I just started Tozer this morning, and am finding it incredibly moving. He is really touching on the nerve of my thoughts in the past couple of months. For many Christian thinkers, any talk of spiritual experience smells to much of New Age Spiritualism or modern existentialism. I think both philosophies point to our hunger for the transcendent; for the "God who is there." (Francis Shaeffer)
-Max
Thank you Max. I'm aware of the "new-and-exciting" factor; we'll just have to wait and see how it's going after a month or two.
Glad you're enjoying Tozer. I thought you would.
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