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"we have S for 's'-sound, and K for k-sounds; there's no need for the letter c."
Thks to zeno, a new toppic. I agree with this 100%. It works the same in dutsh btw.
There's only gain by letting the letter C go. Or should I say see? We can take a few more homonyms.
c could be reserved for the ch sound
beac
witc
whic
eac
torc
c could be reserved for the ch sound
beac
witc
whic
eac
torc
just use s
for
'ch'
'sh'
's'
When people drink, it all sounds the same anyway.
"Wasch thish. I'm a gonna shew theshe sheese shticksh *hic to make glue and ushe theshe schishors *hic and make me *hic a new shunbraro-shtyle beer hat *hic" outa theshe banana leavesh *hic"
zeno ftw
When people drink, it all sounds the same anyway.
somehow I feel like mentioned again 
Dear god no....
"K is for kookie, that's sometimes good for..."
No, this thread sounds terrible.
I was going to post that zarf but I thought it would be mean to you
next time I won't restrain myself 
Great idea! While we are at it lets eliminate some other useless letters. 26 is way to many for today's children. It hurts there self esteem to have to memorize them, which inevitably leads to a life of crime and obesity!
After we vote 'c' off alphabet island, my next vote is letter 's'. It is way cooler to replace it with a z. 'I am zending my tranzportz to your planetz.'
Why worry about silly letters, lets get rid of words!
Then all children will start writing like render, and we know that everyone loved to read his posts
"After we vote 'c' off alphabet island, my next vote is letter 's'. It is way cooler to replace it with a z."
Apart from being much cooler, its also far less interesting to replace it, as we use Z for another sound.
Apart from Chinese, no big writing system survived that doesn't use an alphabet. The reason is simple. Its much easier to write a word correct when you know how it sounds, or to read a word you don't know correctly. Most Chinese Characters you have to learn, even if there is some system in it.
In short, an alphabet is good because you know how to write a word by its sounds. Everything else is useless extra work. If the Spanish can do it (they haven't got a single exception!), why can't we evolve?
Tubii arna tubii dazza kwiztin
Huizir idiz nublir idnamin tuzufir
dazlinzin aruza aatragiuz furtun
irtakup armzaginza ziatrublz
anbai appazindim indim? tudai, tuzlip
namir, anbaiazlip tuzahuind
dahirtakana zahzind natril zhokz
dafliziz hirtu, tizakon zumazhun
diivaatli tubii wizhd.
Tubii arna tubii dazza kwiztin
Huizir idiz nublir idnamin tuzufir
dazlinzin aruza aatragiuz furtun
irtakup armzaginza ziatrublz
anbai appazindim indim? tudai, tuzlip
namir, anbaiazlip tuzahuind
dahirtakana zahzind natril zhokz
dafliziz hirtu, tizakon zumazhun
diivaatli tubii wizhd.
+1
Ok, new letter to get rid of. "Q". Really not necessary at all. Its like Q was the stoner newphew of the guy who invented the alphabet so he was given a job just so he would stop eating all the inventors twinkies. The inventor was still knew Q was useless so anytime Q is used, letter U had to follow after and make sure Q didn't screw things up.
The 'Qu' sound can still be covered by substituting K. As in Kuiet, kuilt, kuit.
Thank you.
actually the "qu" sound would be replace with "kw"
"ku" doesn't make the same sound
When 'Ku' is used like 'Qu' it will always be followed by another vowel - hence the 'U" is a long u sound.
Ku-with a short u sounds like kuh
Ku- with a long u sounds like KU or kew
Just think... if the people who make Scrable ever read this board - we just have found a way to save them 10% in manufacturing costs by allowing them to throw out c, s and q.
with QU the u is silent.
for example : quit = /kwit/, quick= /kwik/, quiet=/kwi-et/, quite=/kwite/
kuit = /kewt/, kuick= /kewk/ ... etc
@beo:
"c, s and q"
You mean x,c en q? Because "s" is useful. But Q, as you correctly pointed out isn't.
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In any case, I sign you up to our holy church of zealots who want to simplify our alphabet. Although it has been Zeno's idea, he was then known as Xeno and cannot apply for leader of our church.
As usual when it comes to power, some crooked villain (being me) ruthlessly steals the position of absolute leadership and corrupts the whole thing. So I, grandmaster in the order of the simplified alphabet, have the right to appoint you as archbishop of our church. Because your legacy depends on my authority I have established the support of at least one member of this political forum, which is a huge crowd by its own standards.
Zeno has to go in lonely exile, preaching our gospel in a distant land, leaving all his belongings to our rightful cause.
You my may kiss my pinky ring and leave...
Zeno, good news. You can come back from exile. It is, however, possible we have to mummify you for the greater good, so they can worship your corpse in a shrine.
The decision will be democratically made by all grandmasters votes (being me) later.
Zeno, good news. You can come back from exile. It is, however, possible we have to mummify you for the greater good, so they can worship your corpse in a shrine.
The decision will be democratically made by all grandmasters votes (being me) later.
I have absolutely no response to this, besides, I suppose, that it's nice to be back from exile.
/me shrugs
Okay, so to recap then, the letters we're getting rid of include: C, Q, X, using 'K' for the hard 'C' sound, using S for 'ch', 'sh', using Z instead of X, and using 'kw' instead of 'qu'. Is that it, or am I missing something?
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