I think the problem with the ITA, or other reform schemes, is that they try to change too much at once. So the new system looks silly and alien to existing spe

I think the problem with the ITA, or other reform schemes, is that they try to change too much at once. So the new system looks silly and alien to existing speakers, and there's a backlash. If I were reforming English spelling, I'd take a much slower, more incremental approach. Make a simple change like SR1[0], that doesn't change that many words. Smaller change; less backlash. (And even in the worst case, if the reform doesn't take, it's easier for the people who learned it to re-learn "classic English" spelling.) [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR1