A Plan For The Improvement Of English Spelling: For Example

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A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling: 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 iusxrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking
werld.
-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910)

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