Proposed Changes to English

[lajoswinkler]

Post and discuss your changes to English here:

1. Regularity - Fixed rules should forevermore govern the language
   
2. Phonetic Spelling - Every sound should be spelled because it can.
   
3. Removal of redundant letters 'c,' 'q,' and 'x'.
   
4. Reordered alphabet - All vowels before all consonants.
   
5. Symbolic logic - No more confusion about 'and' and 'or'.
   
6. Preceding punctuation - Immediately shows readers and speakers tone.
   

-Duxwing

1. They do.

2. That would be a HUGE alphabet.

3. "x" would become "ks", that doesn't have to be a simplification, but in some cases it might.

4. Why?

5. What confusion?

6. As in Spanish? Not exactly something we need. People read just fine this way.

[ajshell1]

Post and discuss your changes to English here:

1. Regularity - Fixed rules should forevermore govern the language
   
2. Phonetic Spelling - Every sound should be spelled because it can.
   
3. Removal of redundant letters 'c,' 'q,' and 'x'.
   
4. Reordered alphabet - All vowels before all consonants.
   
5. Symbolic logic - No more confusion about 'and' and 'or'.
   
6. Preceding punctuation - Immediately shows readers and speakers tone.
   

-Duxwing

1. Such as?

2. I think you have good intentions, but this would be...difficult. There are simply too many different dialects of English to standardize it, and even if there weren't, English uses to many sounds in an inconsistent way to make a conversion to phonetic spelling easy.

3. This is also a good idea, but there are some problems. While I agree with the removal of C, the sound that is made with a "qu" as in "question" is not pronounced the same as "K" as in "Kerbal" (In most dialects). And as for X...I'd agree with you, but xfinity, the X-factor, the X-files, the x-ray, Egosoft (the developer of the "X" series of video games), xkcd, Malcom X, Apple (for OS X), X (a manga series created by CLAMP), Microsoft (DirectX and the Xbox), and numerous radio stations and bands would all disagree with you. Maybe we could make it have the same pronunciation as the "X" in Cyrillic languages ("kh").

4. Yes. Look at this for inspiration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Letters if you plan on reordering the consonants as well.

5. Huh?

6. .I think this is a good idea..The Spanish already do this.

Edited May 21, 2014 by ajshell1