Dhé Inglish yoo now, widh spelling yoo can follow.
Inglish spelling cárreez cenchureez ov history intoo evry sentens. Its familiar wurdz connect reederz across generayshonz, yet combináshonz such az "tough", "through" and "though" leev dheyr sawndz difficult too pridict. Wot woud it tayk too mayk dhowz patternz mowr consistent weil keeping dhe languij recogneizably itself?
Discuver Inglish bý reeding it.
Dhe First Inglish Bouk prizents a cayrfully divelopt spelling rifòrm throo dhe very sỳstem it ixplainz. Riten in Inglish, dhe bouk lets yoo incawnter its patternz in contineuous prowz, connect dhem widh familiar wurdz, and ixplowr dhe reezoning bihínd dhem az yoo reed. Dhé explanáshon iz òlsó an ixpériens ov dhe rizult.
Evry chois haz a reezon and a cost. Dhe bouk ixaminz wich letterz too ritayn, weyr a màrk ernz its plays, haw rilaytid wurdz bilong toǵedher, and wý soem tempting òlternativz wer rijectid. Dìtaild ixampelz bring dhe dicizhonz intoo view, widh tekhnical ídéaz ixplaind fòr reederz widhawt a backgrawnd in linguistics.
Yoor accent bilongz in dhe picchur. A shayrd spelling need not irays dhe diffrensiz bitween speekerz. Dhe bouk distinguishiz chaynjiz in haw a sawnd iz pronawnst from contrasts dhat need diffrent spellingz, showing haw a common fawndáshon can accommodayt réjonal fòrmz.
Practical chapterz turn dhat understanding intoo reeding and reiting. Gheidid exerceiziz, an anser kee and refrens tábelz help reederz divelop a feel fòr dhe sỳstem. Teecherz can drau on dhe saym approwch too pripayr matérialz and lessonz dhat bild understanding throo eus.
Dhe joerny leedz from dhe languij'iz past too dhe choisiz ahed:
- Haw Inglish spelling touk shayp, and wot erlier rifòrmz can teech us.
- Dhe sỳstem'z sawndz, wurd famileez, unûzhual caysiz and réjonal diffrensiz.
- Wayz too lern, teech and euz Inglish in evrìday commûnicayshon.
- Digital toolz, commûnity bilding, weider adopshon and possibel fûchurz.
Dhe toolz aar òlredy heer. Converterz, dicshonáreez and keebowrdz suppòrt dhe moov intoo evrìday eus. Alongseid dhem, dhe bouk ixplowrz haw reederz, reiterz and commûniteez can créayt matérial, rispond too criticizm and shayp dhe project's fûchur toǵedher.
Ixplowr dhe bouk, toolz and project at inglishproject.org. Inglish bilongz too its speekerz; dhe fûchur ov its reiting rests widh dhe peepel hoo euz it.
Reed it. Trý it. Judj wot a mowr consistent spelling can mayk possibel.