Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Twain , Mark (1992), Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays: 1852-1890, Library of America, Retrieved on 2012-08-23
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    23 AUG 2012

     A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling

    For example, in Year 1 that useless letter c would be dropped to be replased either by k or s, and likewise x would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which c would be retained would be the ch formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform w spelling, so that which and one would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish y replasing it with i and Iear 4 might fiks the g/j anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue...
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    Mark Twain's clever observation of how to simplify English spelling.

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