Greg Brooks · simplified spelling

Greg Brooks: no change in the spelling system! Well, just a bit.

While I agree with Greg Brooks in his piece in the Guardian yesterday, where he argues that changing English spelling simply won’t work, the way in which his argument is couched seems to contradict the initial message. There are, as he points out, forty-four or so sounds – it depends to some extent on accent… Continue reading Greg Brooks: no change in the spelling system! Well, just a bit.