A few years ago, Darren sent me something about the EU forcing a
standardisation of English spellings. After a few years of change, the
initial English text looked (to a non-German speaker) exactly like
written German but readable as English. Robert's example (to me
anyway) looks more like written Dutch.
Do you still have that one Darren?
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Dilwyn Jones
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From: "Robert Newson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
Dilwyn Jones wrote:
Grrr. Who made the English language so difficult???
Because it is so difficult and some of us take the trouble to learn
it correctly we don't mangle it like our cousins across the pond -
especially their leader.
Like this suggestion (from across the pond?):
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
by Mark Twain
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.
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