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From: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Spelling Reform
Message-ID: <1392@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 20:32:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 17 20:32:31 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Oct-84 08:01:11 EDT
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Reply-To: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

***LINE YOUR PLACE WITH THIS RE-MASSAGE***

A lot of spelling reform could take place without interfering with dialects,
and fairly painlessly. I already, even in my more formal writing, use 'nite'
and 'thru.'  Some changes which could take place easily, and yet make it a
lot easier to learn to spell, include:

1) All 'k' sounds spelled with a 'k.' E.g. cut, cat

2) All 'sh' sounds spelled 'sh.'  E.g. sure, nation

3) All 's' sounds spelled 's.' E.g. nice, scent, cent

4) All 'z' sounds spelled 'z.' E.g. is, says, balls

On a side note, I notice that many continental Europeans make the following
mistakes:

- pronounce 'idea' as 'idee'
- don't remember that the vowel in 'says' is pronounced different than is 'say'
- haven't learned the difference in pronounciation between 'south' and
	'southern'
- can't hear the difference between 'hungry' and 'angry'

	alan