I have recently become a convert to this idea mainly through reading the book Reading in the Brain. The author shows how children learning to read a language with a regular spelling system like Italian for example get up to speed at a younger age and with less stress and unsurprisingly there is a much lower reported rate of dyslexia.
The main resistance to change comes from the established class of people who have mastered the historical mess that is the spelling system of English and carry this achievement as a badge of honour but I believe it is time to bypass these people and move to a more rational system.
The main practical problem will be whose pronunciation to use as the English language has escaped the control any nation or even first language speakers but this should not stop us taking practical steps.
Here is the book that changed my mind on this issue
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The main resistance to change comes from the established class of people who have mastered the historical mess that is the spelling system of English and carry this achievement as a badge of honour but I believe it is time to bypass these people and move to a more rational system.
The main practical problem will be whose pronunciation to use as the English language has escaped the control any nation or even first language speakers but this should not stop us taking practical steps.
Here is the book that changed my mind on this issue
To view the link you have to Register or Login
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