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[JohnB]

There are many problems with the English language. Here is one suggested answer.

 

Kaos in ce Klasrum

By Dolton Edwards

 

You must have often thought English spelling is harder than need be.

Just look at words like cough, plough, rough, through, and thorough.

YThe great writer Bernard Shaw wanted us to change our alphabet. Here's

one way of doing it.

 

In the first year, for example, we would suggest using "s" instead of

soft "c". Sertainly all students in all sities of the land would reseive

this news with joy.

 

Then the hard "c" would be replased by "k,", sinse both letters are

pronounsed alike. Not only would this klear up the konfusion in the

minds of the spellers, but typewriters kould all be built with one less

letter.

 

There would be great exsitement when it was at last announsed that the

troublesome "ph" would henseforth be written "f". This would make words

like "fotograf" twenty persent shorter in print.

 

In the third year publik interest in a new alfabet kan be expekted to

have reatshed a point where more komplikated tshanges are nesessary. We

would urge removing double leters whitsh have always ben a nuisanse and

made speling more difikult.

 

We would al agre that the horible mes of silent "e's" in our language is

disgrasful. Therfor, we kould drop thes and kontinu to read and writ

merily along as though we wer in an atomik ag of edukation. Sins by this

tim it would be four years sins anywun had used the leter "c," we would

then urg substituting "c" for "th."

 

Kontinuing cis proses year after year, we would eventuali hav a reali

sensibl writen languag. After twenti years wi ventyur tu sa cer wud bi

no mor uv ces teribl trublsum difikultis. Even Mr. Yaw wi beliv wud be

hapi in ce noleg cat his drims finali kam tru.

 

Reader's Digest Treasury for Young Readers, © 1961

Adapted from Astounding Stories, © unknown

 

[YT2095]

also the same could be said of the word "a". it is A dog or it is dog.

 

I dare say there maybe one or 2 others, but in their removal, the English language would be somewhat lacking in perfect clarity (as we understand it).

 

Have Nice day Comrade