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In a letter to 'The Economist' in Reader's Digest (ages ago),
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M.J.Shields, of Jarrow, England, points out that George Bernard
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Shaw, among others, urged spelling reform, suggesting that one
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letter be altered or deleted each year, thus giving the populace
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time to absorb the change...
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* * * *
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"For example, in Year 1 that useless letter 'c' would be
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dropped to be replased either by 'k' or 's', and likewise 'x' would
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no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which 'c' would
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be retained would be the 'ch' formation, which will be dealt with
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later. Year 2 might reform 'w' spelling, so that 'which' and 'one'
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would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish 'y'
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replasing it with 'i' and Iear 4 might fiks the 'g-j' anomali wonse
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and for all.
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"Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear
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with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears
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6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist
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konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik
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ius ov thi ridandant letez 'c', 'y' and 'x' - bai now jast a memori
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in the maindz ov ould doderez - tu riplais 'ch', 'sh', and 'th'
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rispektivli.
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"Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud
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hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking
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werld...
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Iorz feixfuli,
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M.J. Yilz"
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