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.
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