Re: Swedish alphabet [was: Re: Spanish alphabet]

So would you say that English is approaching a point where the written
word has no relation to the phonetics of its pronunciation, and
becomes an ideographic glyph, as in Chinese?  English is supposed to
have a number of odd resemblances to Chinese as it is.... Hmm....


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Charles wrote:

> John Cowan wrote:
> >
> > Charles scripsit:
> >
> > > I have become convinced that it would be well to preserve
> > > English and French spelling despite their silent letters etc.
> >
> > Nonetheless, a modest reform along the lines of Axel Wijk's would
> > be a real boon for both English-speakers and English-learners
> > (which two categories nowadays cover an awful lot).
>
> Nay. It would both lose any connection to literature,
> and fragment English into Nyorkese, Chicaguan, Bastonian,
> and 9000 other dialects of English all around the world.
> Can't do it. (Probably can't even speak of it much here,
> maybe auxlang is a better venue). Phoneticism is a mistake.
> Um, unless that was the intent of The Secret Cabal.
>