To be fair, several people actually have tried to reform English spelling [1]. Perhaps the most famous of these, at least in America, was Noah Webster (of Webst

To be fair, several people actually have tried to reform English spelling [1]. Perhaps the most famous of these, at least in America, was Noah Webster (of Webster's Dictionary fame) in the 1800s. He's actually the reason Americans use 'color' over 'colour' and 'center' over 'centre'. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_reform#19th_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_refo...