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From: johno@tekchips.UUCP (John Ollis)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Rationalizing English
Message-ID: <376@tekchips.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 13:49:41 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 21 13:49:41 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 26-Mar-85 06:33:01 EST
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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     Can anyone tell me about work that has  been  done  to  rationalize
English?

     The first area that I am particularly interested in is  a  phonetic
alphabet based on the present 26 letter alphabet.  With all the existing
typewriters, printers and all the other equipment, it would seem  nearly
impossible  to  convert  to  a different set of symbols, but we might be
able to rationalize their use  to  prevent  the  grade  school  spelling
torture I'm watching my kids go through.

     The other real drawback of English is it's irregularity, a heritage
from  its  multi-lingual  origins.   Has anyone worked on "regularizing"
English?

     Please respond by e-mail.  I am  willing  to  post  and/or  forward
responses as appropriate.

Thanks!

John Ollis

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