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591 views. 2010-5-6 21:00 |Individual Classification:Thoughts|

Spelling is very important. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, wrote once to his daughter Martha: "Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well."

I've always been bad at spelling. Whatever I tried, I always kept making mistakes, but then I read something 
Mark Twain wrote. Since that time, I found the solution! I hope you guys are with me... 

Mark Twain: Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling

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-spikingwerld.

Post comment Comment (7 replies)

Reply rainecho415 2010-5-6 21:04
the replacement theory seems like very interesting, but does it really work?
Reply Mandyliang 2010-5-6 21:13
You can edit your words in WORD which can correct the spelling at once....
Reply C.Robert 2010-5-7 08:03
@rainecho415,

All attempts to make language really easy or logical have failed. This proposal from Mark Twain is interesting to read, but should not been taken very seriously. Language change all the time, not because a committee or a philosopher introduce new rules, but because of the way common people use the language.
Reply scale 2010-5-15 11:16
So many new words I don't know.
Reply C.Robert 2010-5-15 18:06
scale: So many new words I don't know.
Read them all outloud and tell me whtat you think, hehe
Reply shimizu 2010-5-22 21:15
,I am really confused, the replacement theory is easy to beunderstood but difficult to be used! ha
Reply samscri 2011-10-31 03:28
@@...It seems a new way to encript your txt, I mean that replacement theory...If you hadn't explaint it in advance, I'd think it's a realistic language from another country...hehe

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