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To: Savage Beast
I say let's start spelling “who, what, where, when, why” "hwo, hwat, hwere, hwen, hwy". Or have I missed something? Maybe I just don't know how to talk correctly. Should I be saying "w hoo, w hat, w here" for example?

Good question…

There are those that hold that the “W” is obsolete. . . And should be deleted from the alphabet along with “Q” and “Q” as their usage can be handled by other letters. “W” can be supplanted by going back to a single “U” where necessary. “Uher” for “Where” dropping the silent “e” as well. . . And probably spelling it “Uhar”, using the “a” for what used to be the “e”. I’ve actually seen that suggested as part of “simplification” of English spelling and pronunciation.

60 posted on 05/02/2021 9:58:38 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: Swordmaker
I'm not on of thos.

I like uomen. I'm all for uorld peace. And I even like rainy uet ueather.

I also think getting rid of the silent e would be a mistak. It would plac everyon in an undesirabl stat of mind.

Dumping the q does mak more sens, but somhou it seems disrespectful, to the Cueen, for exampl. And I'm sur the GLBT community would consider it discriminatory.

61 posted on 05/02/2021 3:13:04 PM PDT by Savage Beast (“Morality, like a chameleon, tends to take on the color of the circumambient society.” P. Yogananda)
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