a.b.normal65@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(A.B. Normal 65) wrote in message
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> i was just pondering again the idea of smaller steps to reform. it
> could be that a smaller, less radical reform is more feasible now
> while more complete reforms could be put off till later. i can think
> of a pretty easy way to approach an initial reform. the radical
> approach i've been using is a one- letter-combination-for-every-sound
> approach. a lesser reform that could still be viable and helpful is
> to just focus on getting rid of the letter combinations that make the
> least sense.
>
> i'm just pondering this idea, and am open to your suggestions as to
> how a lesser reform might be structured. i think i'll start using
> this less-radical approach in some of my communications and see how it
> goes. one great place to start is the different ways the /U/ sound as
> in "would", "could", "foot", and "book" is represented. they could
> all be simplified and represented as "uh" (as in my full reform). so
> that
>
> would > wuhd
> could > cuhd
> foot > fuht
> book > buhk
>
> i also think "c"s that sound like "k" shuhd be spelled with a "k".
>
> cuhd (could) > kuhd
> school > skool
>
> not bad so far. all your ideas and feedback are welcome. (it
> probably makes sense to keep "ck"s as in "truck" as they are for now.)
here's a few more simple changes that i think wuhd drastikally improve
english spelling...
change "ph"s to "f"s so that telephone > telefone, phlegm > flegm,
photograph > fotograf
drop silent "g"s so that flegm (phlegm) > flem, foreign > forein,
gnome > nome
same with silent "p"s and "k"s - psychology > siekology, pneumatic >
nuematik (why is it "eu" anyway?), knowledge > nolledge (double "l"
wuhd help us noe that the "o" is short)
change soft "g"s to "j"s - giant > jiant, geriatric > jeriatrik, gym >
jym
how about chanjeing all "igh"s to "i_e"s - light > lite, night > nite,
knight > nite?
what do y'all think?
i'm not altogether thrilled with the "uh" for the /U/ in "could" and
"would". maybe using a simple "u" followed by a single konsonant for
/U/ as in "put" and using "u" followed by a double konsonant wud work
for /V/ (the "u" in "putt"). would > wud, could > kud, foot > fut.
to be konsistent, shut > shutt, but > butt.
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