ahh, fortune :-)

[CTho9305]

its always good to have it in your .login

I propose we begin implementation:


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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. >>

 

I probably don't know what I am talking about nor do I pretend to know what I am talking about

 

[Beau]

That's great

 

[geno]

Clever

 

[Aves]

LOL!

 

[ShadowHunter]

Scary!

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

for a modern twist...



<< A modern anonymous version: Improved English Spelling

English After All Is An Indo-German Language...
A little news item you may not be aware of...
The European Commission just announced an agreement
whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather
than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded
that English spelling had some room for improvement and has
accepted a 5 year phase in plan that would be known as
"EuroEnglish".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will
make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be
dropped in favor of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and
keyboards kan have less letters.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year,
when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with the "f". This
will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be
expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes
are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double
letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"'s in the
language is disgraceful, and they should go away. By the 4th
year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with
"z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords
kontaiining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer
kombinations of leters.

After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be
no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
understand ech ozer.

ACHTUNG! ZE DREM VIL FINALI KUM TRU!!

Ve haf also decided zat driving vil be changed to ze oposit sid
of ze road. Ze first year ve vil change over ze truks and buses. >>

 

[CTho9305]

if that really was by mark twain, its his only work i've liked

yamaha - deutsch ist gut german is easy to spell