Spelling is ruining the English language

[Kingswood]

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

I have to ask...

Aside from your wanting it to be so

Don't misrepresent what I say.

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

, what's to stop 'liv' from being pronounced with a drawn 'i', similar to the word 'leave'?

It would be spelt on a similar pattern to words like sit, him, dish? Do you have trouble with these words?

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

The standard issue vowel 'i' has the potential for three sounds. This allows for your commuted 'live' to have three forms: 'liv' as in 'I live in the US.', 'leeve' as in "We leave in 10 minutes." and 'live' as in "Saturday Night Live".

Again, you are misrepresenting what I have said.

Originally Posted by Cyber Wolf

Does your rule bank on the fact that we currently use the 'ea' to create the 'ee' sound in 'leave' to remove that sound from the list of possibilities? Do you have a rule in your New Spelling Order transform 'leave' into 'leev' to fix that problem?

The redundant silent e in "leave" is only there so that you know it's not a u.

As for the ea digraph, I count it as a regular spelling. I have already said that.

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by Kingswood

Don't misrepresent what I say.

It would seem, just from reading through this thread, that you'd like to see a change in how English is presented for those who would read, write and speak it. I gather this from how vigorously you defend, explain and elaborate on your position on the subject. This is what you present to the forum, even if this isn't what you intended. Given this, how am I misrepresenting you when I say 'your wanting it to be so'? Isn't a change what you want? Or is all this just a mental exercise for you? It might help to clarify.

Now, back on topic...

Originally Posted by Kingswood

It would be spelt on a similar pattern to words like sit, him, dish? Do you have trouble with these words?

I don't. But I can see where people could have problems with that. That rule wouldn't clear anything up. It would just shift the problem to a different set of people.

Originally Posted by Kingswood

The redundant silent e in "leave" is only there so that you know it's not a u.

Where exactly does this 'u' come in here? The word and pronunciations involved here don't have a 'u' or any sounds associated with the vowel. Or do you mean 'u' in the sense that it's how we know it's not any other letter?