Will SMS lead english to "fonetic" reform and spelling simplification?

Spelling Bee
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The Simplified Spelling Society (SSS) is celebrating its 99th birthday by launching a new campaign to make it easier to read and write English.

It may be the world's most universal language, but linguistic experts say it has failed to adapt for the last 500 years and now half the globe's English speakers have difficulty spelling.

With texts and e-mails revolutionising the way we communicate, SSS secretary John Gledhill says 'enough is enuf' and the time is ripe for phonetic reform and spelling simplification.
As far as we are concerned, whatever the evolution, no way for spelling Crickee Criki! ;-)

To learn more about the simplification of this amazing language, in which there is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple, go here.

via Reuters

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