[MineralMan]

There is a problem with your orthographic suggestion. In the instant case of the word Philosophy, you ignore the usefulness of the "Ph" construct, which is a clear link to the origin of the word, from the Greek root "philos." Understanding the link is a key to understanding the word.

This is the central problem with suggestions for changes in our traditional English orthography. Too much meaning is lost to readers of the text by altering spellings to match some rational scheme based on pronunciation.

A rational orthography has been proposed many times. Each proposal has been abandoned, for the reasons I mention.

[G. Stolyarov II]

Your embrace of unconditional adherence to the Medieval rendition of the Latin transcription of the Greek origins of a given word is precisely the indiscriminate tradition-worship that I condemn as detrimental to the progress of linguistics.

[God is good]

Good comeback.

[Eva]

In addition to denying the Greek roots, the phonetic (fonetic?) spelling would really only benefit phonetic readers and be really annoying to sight readers. It would drive me crazy and be very distracting.

[xm177e2]

There is a problem with your orthographic suggestion. In the instant case of the word Philosophy, you ignore the usefulness of the "Ph" construct, which is a clear link to the origin of the word, from the Greek root "philos."

Under the new system, "Filosophy" would obviously have descended from the Greek root "filos."

But I guess if the King's English was good enough for Socrates, then we should keep the spelling as "philos."