hypothetically, let’s say you were tasked with simplifying the English language. how would you go about doing that, and why?

to start with an easy one, the first thing I would do is eliminate silent letters from all words and make it so no letters share sounds. for example, example would become exampel. then, because x would no longer be around or at least wouldn’t have that sound, ekzampel. I would also consider eliminating mulit-letter sounds like ch, and replacing them with single characters (probably the ones that got removed).

  • unknown1234_5OP
    2•23 hours ago

    I’d keep c around for the ch sound, like Italian (I think they do that, anyway)

    • @[email protected]English
      1•23 hours ago

      Or remove the letter “c” as it is currently used and replace instances of “ch” with “c”.

      • unknown1234_5OP
        2•22 hours ago

        that’s what I was thinking too towards the end but forgot to mention it specifically. I think that’s the best thing to do with the unnecessary letters as it reduces the need for letter combinations.