M.J. Shields’s Letter to the Economist
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter “c” would be dropped to be replaced by either “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 well reform “w” spelling, so that “which” and “one” would take on the same konsonant, while Year 3 might well abolish “y” replasing it with “i,” and Iear 4 might fiks the “g-j” anomili 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 rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Ier 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 replais “ch,” “sh” and “th” rispektivili.
Fainali, xen, aaft sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld. Haweve, sins xe Wely, xe Airiy, and xe Skots du not spik Ingliy, xei wud hev to hev a speling siutd to xer oun lengwij. Xei kud, haweve, orlweiz lern Ingliy az a sekond lengwij et skuul.
Iorz feixfuli,
M. J. Yilz
