This essay is often attributed to Mark Twain, but that is disputed; some say it originally appeared as a letter written by MJ Shields in The Economist.
In any case I thought it was funny.
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 a part of the alphabet. The only kase in which ‘c’ would
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, wil 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 leterz ‘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 iears ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt
speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.”
This blog is a look into our homeschooling journey as we use Tapestry of Grace. You'll also find stories from various books I have collected that are now in the public domain and real life slipping in occasionally. Most posts from the public domain books have a pdf that you may download and print. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
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