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The protesters believe English is mired by too many spellings for identical sounds and too many sounds for identical spellings. If they got their way, “you” would become “yoo,” “believe” would become “beleev” and “said” would become “sed.
Spelling like LOLcats does not make English “simpler.” You want less cluttered English? Let’s move to something like strict German grammar.
Is English cluttered? Simplified Spelling supporters think so | Unclutterer