From f30eeb8230a53909c82944bcde170660e2cb905f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wiz Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:40:22 +0000 Subject: Remove duplicate and uncredited "Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling", which is also in the file "fortunes". --- fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 | 16 ---------------- 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 b/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 index c09b3501..39fe20a2 100644 --- a/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 +++ b/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 @@ -1680,22 +1680,6 @@ message about facing challengehood tomorrow-wise. I dozed off during this, but the import seems to be that dinosaurs don't have anything to do with energy policy and neither do you." -- P.J. O'Rourke, "Holidays in Hell" -% - For example, in Year 1 that useless letter 'c' would be dropped to be -replased either by 'k' or 's', and likewise 'x' would no longer be part of the -alphabet. The only kase in which 'c' would be retained would be the 'ch' -formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform 'w' spelling, -so that 'which' and 'one' would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might -well abolish 'y' replasing it with 'i' and Iear 4 might fiks the 'g-j' -anomali wonse and for all. - Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with -Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so -modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai -Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez -'c', 'y' and 'x' - bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez - tu -riplais 'ch', 'sh', and 'th' rispektivli. - Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a -lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld. % "Found it," the Mouse replied rather crossly: "of course you know what 'it' means." -- cgit v1.2.3