I’ve settled on “sen” for seven when I want it short. Zero could also do with being a monosyllable, but at least we have “oh” and “nil” for that. Then there a

I’ve settled on “sen” for seven when I want it short. Zero could also do with being a monosyllable, but at least we have “oh” and “nil” for that. Then there are letters. 25 of them are monosyllables (though a few like “aitch” and “kyoo” cut it fine), then w (double you) is three syllables, and not even right, it’s double vee. Unfortunately, once I mysteriously manage to right these two wrongs, power will go to my head, and I’ll go ahead with other spelling reforms and abolishing a few stupid letters like c and x and replacing them with others for all those poor fricatives that have been loaded onto -h digraphs. And while all that’s going on, I’ll be learning Telugu better, and it will laugh at me with its average of 2.5 syllables per digit.