I've sorta devised my own system already. It's complex, but it is the closest thing I have seen to a reasonable attempt at creating a single English orthography, and it actually looks somewhat like a Germanic language rather than something ad hoc. However, I am not going to get into details in this post just because it is rather complex
Aiv soart ov deváizd mai oun sistem oalréddi. Its kompléks, but it iz dhe klosist thing ai hav syn tu ee rizenebel etémpt at kriéting ee singgel ingglisj oarthograffi, and it aktiueli lûkz sumhwot laik ee djermánnik leenggwidj radher dhen sumthing ad hok. Hauever, ai am not goïng tu get intu diteelz in dhis poost djust bykóaz it iz radher kompléks.
Foar udher igzampelz ov hau dhis oarthógraffi:
kit > kit
dress > dres
trap > trap (lacks trap-bath split / laks trap-bath split)
bath > bath (lacks trap-bath split / laks trap-bath split)
palm > paam (has /al/ > /A:/ / haz /al/ > /A:/)
foot > fût (has put-putt split / haz pût-put split)
strut > strut (has put-putt split / haz pût-put split)
lot > lot (no lot-cloth split / no lot-kloth split)
cloth > kloth (no lot-cloth split / no lot-klot split)
fleece > flys (uses <y> for /i:/ in orthograpically open and unstressed syllables / iuziz <y> foar /i:/ in oarthográffikli opin and unstrésd sillebelz)
face > fees
goose > guus
goat > goot
thought > thoat
price > prais
choice > tjois
mouth > mauth
near > nyr (uses <y> for /i:/ in orthograpically open and unstressed syllables / iuziz <y> foar /i:/ in oarthográffikli opin and unstrésd sillebelz)
square > skweer
start > staart (represents /ar/ > /A:r/ / reprezêntz /ar/ > /A:r/)
cure > kiur (separately represents historical /iu/ and /ju/ / seperitli reprezêntz histórikel /iu/ and /ju/)
force > foors (no north-force merger / no noarth-foors merger)
north > noarth (no north-force merger / no noarth-foors merger)
nurse > nurs (no fur-fir-fern merger / no fur-fir-fern merdjer)
letter > letter (uses <er> for /@r/ / iuziz <er> foar /@r/)
comma > komme (uses <e> for unstressed /@/ / iuziz <e> for unstrésd /@/)
happy > happi (uses <i> for final /I/ / iuziz <i> foar fainel /l/)
Aiv soart ov deváizd mai oun sistem oalréddi. Its kompléks, but it iz dhe klosist thing ai hav syn tu ee rizenebel etémpt at kriéting ee singgel ingglisj oarthograffi, and it aktiueli lûkz sumhwot laik ee djermánnik leenggwidj radher dhen sumthing ad hok. Hauever, ai am not goïng tu get intu diteelz in dhis poost djust bykóaz it iz radher kompléks.
Foar udher igzampelz ov hau dhis oarthógraffi:
kit > kit
dress > dres
trap > trap (lacks trap-bath split / laks trap-bath split)
bath > bath (lacks trap-bath split / laks trap-bath split)
palm > paam (has /al/ > /A:/ / haz /al/ > /A:/)
foot > fût (has put-putt split / haz pût-put split)
strut > strut (has put-putt split / haz pût-put split)
lot > lot (no lot-cloth split / no lot-kloth split)
cloth > kloth (no lot-cloth split / no lot-klot split)
fleece > flys (uses <y> for /i:/ in orthograpically open and unstressed syllables / iuziz <y> foar /i:/ in oarthográffikli opin and unstrésd sillebelz)
face > fees
goose > guus
goat > goot
thought > thoat
price > prais
choice > tjois
mouth > mauth
near > nyr (uses <y> for /i:/ in orthograpically open and unstressed syllables / iuziz <y> foar /i:/ in oarthográffikli opin and unstrésd sillebelz)
square > skweer
start > staart (represents /ar/ > /A:r/ / reprezêntz /ar/ > /A:r/)
cure > kiur (separately represents historical /iu/ and /ju/ / seperitli reprezêntz histórikel /iu/ and /ju/)
force > foors (no north-force merger / no noarth-foors merger)
north > noarth (no north-force merger / no noarth-foors merger)
nurse > nurs (no fur-fir-fern merger / no fur-fir-fern merdjer)
letter > letter (uses <er> for /@r/ / iuziz <er> foar /@r/)
comma > komme (uses <e> for unstressed /@/ / iuziz <e> for unstrésd /@/)
happy > happi (uses <i> for final /I/ / iuziz <i> foar fainel /l/)