Spelling reform can never happen on a whim.
But it can be fully phoneticised easier with less actual change, and
here is just how to do it with hardly any change:
1) The goalposts could be moved by increased awareness of O.P., via
Shakespear filmmakers, pirate flicks, etc. This could then be used
psychologically as a platonic mediator between all the pronunciations.
After all, O.P. is, to the modern ear, just another British Isles
accent.
2) Move the goal posts more: Identification of words such as "police"
as "loan words", or acknowledging the Scots pronunciation as Standard.
2.5) Use apostrophes more.
So,
Practic'l \ Practicality, etc.
Med'cin', etc.
In everywhere except Scotland -- G'rl, C'rl, W'rld, etc.
3) Dropping all V Es, and refraining from doubling accordingly.
4) Double more phonetically -- Americans should write "Anginna", and
British write "Angina".
6) A "vowel length exceptor" mark over vowels in "national", etc.
7) Preserve the non-rhyming status of "girl" and "curl", for they don't
rhyme in Scotland, at least.
8) Respell girl, etc, as "ghirl", else it could be "jirl".
9) "Minde", "Poste" etc.
10) Correct a few very silly things like "thought"...
Et Robert est thine uncle.
~Iain
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