Re: Language changes, spelling reform (was Conlangea Dreaming)

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Robert Hailman wrote:
> > The odd thing is that the language that could (arguably) have the most
> > use for a spelling reform is the one where it's least likely to happen.
>
> That's exactly why!  Any spelling reform of English, no matter how
> logically designed, or how minimalistic, if it made pronunciation 100%
> predictable from spelling would require quite a few changes.  A language
> that has a pretty good spelling system would require only a few small
> changes.
Very True, Very True. Of course, one Reason that a Spelling Reform would
have to be so drastic is that English Spelling has not been reformed in
the past as the language changes. If they had, only a very minimal of
Spelling Reform would be needed now.

If I'm not mistaken, Old English was spelled more or less phonetically.

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Robert