Shaw I believe was also a proponent of Esperanto. For a major writer in
English he certainly would qualify as a justifiably credited critic.
Lawrence
> On Jan 4, 19:34, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
>
> > A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
> > by Mark Twain
>
> It is wonderful, although it's not by Mark Twain, but by M.J. Shields in a
> letter to The Economist. It was in response to George Bernard Shaw's
> suggestions to reform the English alphabet by adding 14 letters to
> eliminate spelling anomalies. Another wonder in the same vein is to be
> found at http://www.d.kth.se/~d92-abj/humor/spelling_reform.html. It
> concludes:
>
> Kontinuing cis proses, ier after ier, we would eventuali hav a reali
> sensibl writen langug. By 1975, wi ventyur tu sei, cer wud bi no mor uv ces
> teribli trublsum difikultis, wic no tu leters usd to indikeit ce seim nois, and
> laikwais no tui noises riten wic ce seim leter. Even Mr. Yaw, wi beliv, wud be
> hapi in ce nog cat his drims fainali keim tru.
>
> --
> Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
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