Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/14/2012 01:20 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>...
>For the US, I think RP would be an excellent choice. That way,
>everyone will be identically jacked and the system, like the metric,
>will be taught for generations without anyone ever using it outside
>of elementary school.
>
>BTW, to handle the "r" sound that comes between vowels, parentheses
>can be used. So "car" would be written as "ka(r)", a much improved
>orthographic solution.

And if it appears within a parenthetical expression, it can be
written as "ka[r]".

Joel

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