It's too ridiculous for being modern. Simplify it!

Uriel   Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:04 am GMT
Jim Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:40 am GMT
<our>: I'm not rhotic why should I be?


Oops, so sorry, Jim; I accidentally had you confused with JJM! My fault! But you know, as far as that rhotic thing goes, keep working in it -- you were making a good start... I mean, starrrt... ;)
Ic aem Englisc.   Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:45 pm GMT
English Spelling Reform UNACCEPTABLE
Inglish Spelling Rif'form UNNUK'SEPTUBUL

Models New spelling Old spelling

-a- kat cat
-ai- dait, vain, wait date, vein, weight
-ay pray, slay, dhay prey, sleigh, they

eh/-e- eh, bred, swet, helth, eh, bread, sweat,
leggussy health, legacy

-e/-ee-/-e- se, meet, deel, legul sea, meat,
deal, legal

-i- biznis, bizzy, sitty business, busy,
city
-ei-/-ye/-i- beit, hye, skye, ikon bite, high, sky, icon

-o- cof, coffy, oppra cough,
coffee, opera
-o/-oe/-oa- /-o- slo, joey, noat, mobul/ slow, joey,
mobeil note, mobile

-uh/-u- duk, dukkling, ruf duck,
duckling, rough
-yoo/-eu/-ew nyoo, heuj, mennew new, huge, menu

-u/-oo- broot, root, woom brute, route, womb
-uu- buuk, wuulf, wuumun book, wolf, woman

-ow/-ou- plow, dhow, doun plough, thou, down

-oy/-oi- toy, koin boy, coin

-aw/-au- law, caut, thaut law, caught, thought
-ah/-a/-aa- ah, la, caat, thaat ah, law,
caught, thought

Chaps, what do you think about this?
I am not English.   Mon May 08, 2006 5:44 pm GMT
All we can do is to reduce the number of exceptions.
eito(jpn)   Mon May 08, 2006 6:19 pm GMT
http://www.spellingsociety.org/kids/done.htm

>>Different people have proposed alternative schemes for simplifying our spelling over the years, but what they all agree is that SOMETHING has to be done about it. There are roughly 3,500 words that are irregular, but if even the 500 most commonly misspelled words were simplified, it would have a big impact on how quickly people learn to read and write: we wouldn't have to put up with 1 in 5 people not coping and 1 in 5 adults not being able to read and write.<<
Adam   Mon May 08, 2006 7:06 pm GMT
"but American spelling is a little more up-to-date a"

How? By writing horrific words such as "thru" instead of "through"?
An Fear   Mon May 08, 2006 7:33 pm GMT
Adam can spell. Get the Champaign.
eito(jpn)   Mon May 08, 2006 9:02 pm GMT
>>How? By writing horrific words such as "thru" instead of "through"?<<

As long as peeple distinguish "threw" and "thru" orthographically, no problem.
Rick Johnson   Mon May 08, 2006 10:25 pm GMT
I have mentioned these in the past, but for anyone who thinks that American spelling is more progressive and goes against the grain of British Orthodoxy consider these spellings:

From Cockeram's dictionary 1647-

"theater"
http://library.willamette.edu/project/index.cgi?work=Dict&page1=83r-2

"center"
http://library.willamette.edu/project/index.cgi?work=Dict&page1=18v-2

From Blount's Dictionary 1661-

"favor"
http://www.bllearning.co.uk/live-extracts/287372/
- second column half way down

I have also seen examples of honor, color and harbor in 17th Century spelling.
j   Tue May 09, 2006 2:42 am GMT
Rick Johnson: "anyone who thinks that American spelling is more progressive and goes against the grain of British Orthodoxy consider these spellings..."

Here is what Wikipedia's saying on the very same issue:
"Some of the changes in American spelling ... involved the restoration of "etymologically correct" Latin (or Greek) spellings, often to words which English had borrowed from French (or indirectly, Greek) .

Wikipedia: American and British English spelling differences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
Ed   Tue May 09, 2006 12:59 pm GMT
When I see 'color' I see it as a Spanish word and want to give it a Spanish spronunciation.
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Greg   Thu May 25, 2006 5:53 pm GMT
D6257CH   Thu May 25, 2006 9:06 pm GMT
Here's my recommendation on what to do about English spelling reform:

Do nothing.
Glikeria   Fri May 26, 2006 4:30 am GMT
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