Know what’s really bugging me lately? When people use the word ‘looser’ when they mean ‘loser’! And I’m seeing it ALL THE TIME! Looser is when something is not as tight as something else. This jar lid is looser than that one. Loser is someone who uses the word looser when they mean loser! Oh, and ‘there’ when they mean ‘their’! That drives me crazy too. And don’t even get me started on the word ‘to’ (too, two)! I’m fixin’ to take a hostage! Man! Those loosers bug me two! See? Doesn’t that just make your blood boil?
*breathing* *breathing* *breathing*
You know, I’m starting to feel better. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Whew!
np - ‘39 - Queen
For example, in Year One, 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 Two might reform “w” spelling, so that “which” and “one” would take the same konsonant, wile Year Three 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-spiking werld.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), “A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling”
