March 29, 2003, 19:55
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Join me in my Crusade to Alter the Rules of Spelling Forever!!!
I have a simple proposition, that I wish as many as possible follow for me. I am attempting to get the following spellings accepted (at least unofficailly) as variants of the real ones:
who | what | when | where | why | how
whu | whut | whun | whure | why | huw
Why? Because I started "whut". That one was good, and it just made sense to fill in with the rest. I'm hoping that if I get enough people to come over to the U side it can become an internet tradition (or even make it into real life!!!   ).
You can be sure that I will be using these variants from now on, and everyone who supports me gets a cookie.  
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March 29, 2003, 20:01
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Crusade!
Sounds nice, but what about the infidels who don´t want to join the party?
Should we liberate them from their wrong spelling by the use of force? Wouldn´t they strike back with self-spelling attacks?
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March 29, 2003, 20:07
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Sounds nice, but whAt about the infidels
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it's whUt!
Well, the infidels will eventually be overrun.
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March 29, 2003, 20:09
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Originally posted by mrmitchell
it's whUt!
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UK, whutuvur u wunt
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March 29, 2003, 20:12
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Ahh, I see you have already predicted the next phase of my U-expansion campaign: Into all vowels that can easily be replaced by it.
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Uhh, I see u huve ulrudy predictud the nuxt phuse uf my U-expansiun cumpaign: Untu ull vuwels thut cun easuly be ruplaced by ut.
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March 29, 2003, 20:38
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no
even through I would like to change the rules of grammer and make up new words and uses for words
Jon Miller
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March 29, 2003, 20:44
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It's grammar, not "grammer."
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March 29, 2003, 20:46
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Wot? Can't jo spell? Well, as long as you don't speak 1337, do whatever you like! But I wun't change...
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March 29, 2003, 21:25
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Oh Gods of Grammar, let mrmitchell be spared from your wrath, for he does not know what he is doing. 
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March 29, 2003, 21:31
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This heretic MUST be silenced at once! How dare he go against official Church doctrine. He must not be allowed to pollute the impressionable minds of our youth with his ungodly notions... 
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March 29, 2003, 23:28
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I wull nuvur gu buck! Thu U us Ulmughtu!
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March 29, 2003, 23:35
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woot! 
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March 29, 2003, 23:45
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Originally posted by mrmitchell
I wull nuvur gu buck! Thu U us Ulmughtu!
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Translated post by Tassadar
I will never go back! The U is Almighty!
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March 29, 2003, 23:45
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ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
as if english orthography wasn't screwed up enough!
you know what the problem is? we only have five vowel letters, but we have 15 basic vowels. what's worse, those vowel letters are used in pretty much arbitrary patterns to signify those 15 vowels:
who / clue / shoe / threw / through / moo
if you want good, logical orthography using the latin alphabet, we might as well look at finnish for some helpful tips. 
better yet, we can use a logical alphabet, like the korean one, and build upon it.
i do mean logical. the symbols for the cyrillic and latin alphabets are arbitrary compared to the sounds they represent, while the korean symbols are unique in that they appear to be an extremely stylized diagram on where the tongue is in relation to the mouth.
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March 30, 2003, 00:51
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I'm for restoring the damage done to English by the devils' tyrant himself
NOEL WEBSTER!!!
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March 30, 2003, 00:54
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DEATH TO THE HERETICS!!
LONG LIVE THE RIGHT SPELLING!!
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March 30, 2003, 00:58
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You also see a problem may arise with your new spelling system when one wishes to say "can't". The person, upon receiving this word, may bash your brains in.
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March 30, 2003, 01:08
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March 30, 2003, 01:24
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Hell, why don't we just do away with q and x? No one sane uses them anyway.
Mu tunguu! Ut hurts tu spuuk luku thus!
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March 30, 2003, 02:12
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I'd prefer hoo | vot | vehn | vear | vai | hau.
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March 30, 2003, 03:28
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This is utterly nutts. We all knohe dat der Spellingsysteme of the Teutonik-Masterraze ist der beste in der World.
On the other hand, why are you trying to replace everything with u's? Uf wu ull tulkud luku thus, huw thu hull uru wu suppusud tu undurstund uuch uthur?
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March 30, 2003, 04:54
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Suruly yuu dun't uxpuct us tu muku ducusuuns busud un pructuculuty, du yuu?
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March 30, 2003, 04:57
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|3\/\/|-|4|-|4! 1337 $p34|< $|-|411 0\/\/|\| j00 411! after you translate that, of course.
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March 30, 2003, 05:09
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"cumpaign" sounds like a word off a bad porn movie cover.
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March 30, 2003, 05:41
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That should be 'cumpuugn'.
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March 30, 2003, 15:46
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Whut huve U sturtud...
Why should we fix English instead of start anew from an already logical language? Because, everyone already knows English. (I am exaggerating here, but more people know English than they know logical languages. )
Why turn all the vowels into U? Think. We can finally get rid of those annoying a's, e's, i's, and o's. That will save time teaching children how to read/write, it will save time reading and writing (after we get used to it,) and it will save keyboard manufacturers money because that's 4 less keys to pop in. (As for whut should happen to those blank spaces that are now there...well, they can just stay there. )
As for the Q and X comment, yes, that would be the next phase in the project after all vowels become U's. Q equals Kyu and X equals Eks. C can go down the drain too: C hard = K, and C soft = See.
Sumduy wu wull ull bu rudung und wrutung luk thus.
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March 30, 2003, 16:01
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I´m for a more radical concept:
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Why turn all the vowels into U?
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Why not turn everything into U?
Uuu uu uuuuuuuu uuuu uuuuuu uuu!
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uuuu uuu u uuuuu uuu uuuuu uu uuuuuuu!
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March 30, 2003, 16:58
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uuuu uuu.
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