Let's ask one of the people at the Academie Francais,
responsible for French spelling, to use that same reasoning and
skill to design a spelling system for English (one that takes into
account all the sensible objections to reform)?
I _don't_ mean to apply a French spelling system to English. I mean
ask them to apply their skills and methods to help create a spelling
system for English that is as regular as the French spelling system.
The Britons could not do this -- such an undertaking is athwart their
intellectual
tradition.
~Iain
