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Hangul (the Korean writing system) came to mind immediately for me too. I can't read Korean, but the writing system is very well designed, being phonetic and co

Hangul (the Korean writing system) came to mind immediately for me too. I can't read Korean, but the writing system is very well designed, being phonetic and compact. It would be great to have something like that for written English.

jacobush 8y ago
Like what Mark Twain suggested. https://msu.edu/~jerrymc/humor/spelling.html https://msu.edu/~jerrymc/humor/spelling.html " 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-spiking werld. "
- krautsourced 8y ago
  Funnily enough, that's very close to how a non-English-speaking German would probably spell English words :)
  - idle_zealot 8y ago
    I believe that was the intended joke.
    - YayamiOmate 8y ago
      I doubt it. With very few minor correction this looks like phonetic transcription of what slavic (should hold at least for polish, czech and slovak) language native would write it down. I believe german writing is also close to phonetical. That's why it works.
  - seedie 8y ago
    reminds me on Mark Twains love for the german language https://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/awfgrmlg.html https://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/awfgrmlg.html
- dylan604 8y ago
  I think I've read that language while grading middle school paper from kids that did not pay attention in grammar classes.

jacobush 8y ago

Like what Mark Twain suggested. https://msu.edu/~jerrymc/humor/spelling.html https://msu.edu/~jerrymc/humor/spelling.html " 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-spiking werld. "

krautsourced 8y ago
Funnily enough, that's very close to how a non-English-speaking German would probably spell English words :)
- idle_zealot 8y ago
  I believe that was the intended joke.
  - YayamiOmate 8y ago
    I doubt it. With very few minor correction this looks like phonetic transcription of what slavic (should hold at least for polish, czech and slovak) language native would write it down. I believe german writing is also close to phonetical. That's why it works.
- seedie 8y ago
  reminds me on Mark Twains love for the german language https://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/awfgrmlg.html https://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/awfgrmlg.html
dylan604 8y ago
I think I've read that language while grading middle school paper from kids that did not pay attention in grammar classes.