Wy chanje English spelling?

[Harold F. Schiffman]

The use of AR in 'banana' and 'aunt' would sure sound funny in the US, as
well:  banarna? arnt? (last one rhymes with 'aren't').

For all the vagaries of English spelling, radical changes would probably
introduce more problems than they would solve.  How about just some minor
'rectifications' as was attempted in France in 1989-90?  Something that
most Englishs speakers could agree on?  (Or is that impossible?)

HS

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Anthea Fraser Gupta wrote:

> US and Scottish readers (inter alia) will need to note that the
> Simplified Spelling Society is based in Southern England. They never
> mention dialectal variation. For example, one of their basic sounds is
> 'AR' (as in cARt).  This 'AR' sound is also used in 'hEARt' 'banAna' and
> AUnt.  Well, for some people...
>
> Why do they never mention dialectal variation?
>
> Anthea
>