A plan to improve the language:<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "><blockquote><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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. <br><br>The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. <br>
<br>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. <br>
<br>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. <br><br>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. <br>
<br>Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.</blockquote><hr align="left" width="75%" size="6"><br>You can also find online a more thorough (and somewhat more serious) essay by Mark Twain on this subject, <a href="http://www.lm.com/~joseph/simple.html">"A Simplified Alphabet,"</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; ">which was written in 1899.</span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3">This was taken from: </font><a href="http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/twain.htm">http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/twain.htm</a></div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Daniel Browning <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:db@kavod.com">db@kavod.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Friday 09 September 2011 12:03:15 pm Eric Wilhelm wrote:<br>
> # from Brian Kurle on Friday 09 September 2011:<br>
> >I find it unfortunate we are bike shedding.<br>
</div><div class="im">> According to wikipedia: "manual nitpicking is still often necessary."<br>
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</div>In this doggy-dog world, does grammer; spelling; "or correct" quotation<br>
usage really matter anymore? I beleive not. Case and point: mitsakes is<br>
literally a diamond dozen, but they TOTALLY don't make me want to claw my<br>
eyes out with a dull spoon. Irregardless, it begs the question: is it a mute<br>
point? For all intensive purposes, if bad enlgish would of been the downfall<br>
of society, then we'd of seen it bye now. some say teh worst problem is<br>
loosing capitalization punctuation is also an issue i think some thoughts<br>
need to be seperated or maybe its the run on sentences? Does it try your<br>
patients when I LOL OMG Y U BFF said IDK BRB?!! OIC, the BBQ is W/E GF IKR!!<br>
1 How bad does it get before i.e. its something up with which you will not<br>
put?<br>
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