> if it is at all conceivable that "ghoti" could be sounded out as "fish", just what the fuck is going on here? "It isn't true, but if it could be, wouldn't th

> if it is at all conceivable that "ghoti" could be sounded out as "fish", just what the fuck is going on here? "It isn't true, but if it could be, wouldn't that be a scandal?" There's a name for thoughts like that, I just know it. > Could it not be improved? Yes, it can be improved. It can be improved multiple ways along multiple axes, whether you wish to emphasize etymology (to help foreign learners) or phonemic fidelity or phonetic fidelity or don't know the difference between phonemic and phonetic and just want words to be spelled like you say them, and those buffoons from across the ocean can suck eggs if the spelling gets all fouled up for them and their silly accents. It's impossible to satisfy everyone. Once you propose any kind of improvement, therefore, everyone comes out of the woodwork to improve the improvement, leading to something which satisfies no one, because no one feels perfectly well-served. "Utopia Or Bust!" sounds good until you realize other people apparently want to lead you to perdition.