Orthographic reform as a national priority, an ADS responsibility

[Tom Zurinskas]

We got the internet and computers and function keys that can bring up special symbols.  So do you think USA schools are all excited about using the IPA or its supposed upgrade, SAMPA.  Nope.  So I offer the better alternative.  See a comparison.  http://www.screenr.com/cbn8   Imagine folks easily being able to "write" in phonetics.  Now that's learning phonemes.

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk




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> TZ: <<<Teaching an IPA phonetic system would be the ultimate in educational
> bullying. It's not used in USA for phonetics for kids and rightly so, but
> neither is any dictionary phonetic system because of special symbols. Not
> even for newspapers or govt pubs use IPA or dictionary phonetics.>>>
> WB: Newspapers? Newspapers??? We don't need no stinking newspapers!!!
> (Treasure of the Sierra Madre.) 1986 was the last century, TZ. We got the
> internet now. We got Wikipedia, with full-blown IPA notation; I
> particularly appreciate the phonetics for toponyms & personal names.
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