According to John Gledhill, the Secretary of the SSS,
almost 4,000 English spellings make no sense. If head, said and friend were simplified down to 'hed' and 'sed' and 'frend' then kids would learn quicker.See - Sydney Morning Herald of 18 April 2007 (Reuters report)
The SSS only has 500 members worldwide, so I'm not sure how successful their latest campaign will be.
If they have their way, we would all be spelling like 'the grate Jeter Harris'.
Kum to think ov it. This noo spelling is not a bad idear.
Wile we ar at it, how abowt getting rid of gramma and conjoogashun rools as well?
Ther ar also obsoleet letters we kan get rid ov, like X and C for a start. Now that is an eksiting thort. Alltho, we aktoolee kan't get rid of C kompleetlee, bekos we hav the 'CH' soun. But sertunlee, I am in favar of not having to inklood silent lettas in speling.
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It has been a frenetic week at work! Thank goodness for the weekend.
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dis iz verree intrestin daniel ... an thanX fer incloodin me in yer post. az u see ... X iz a verree importent letter in da english langwij an it should not be Xclooded.
luv--yer grate frend--jh
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