Nue English Speling - NES

George Bernard Shaw, Mark Twain, Noah Webster, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson are among those who have advocated English spelling reform. Why spell the short "e" sound in the word "said" with an "ai"? "Said" should be spelled "sed". Traditional English spells the short "e" sound in over 13 different ways and the long "e" in more that 18! And that is just the "e"!

Students have ever more to learn today. We can no longer afford to hobble them with our illogical, haphazard traditional spelling. English is now the international language, making spelling more phonetic and systematic would dramatically raise the world's literacy rate and educational level. Everyone recognizes that education is the key to democratic governments and world peace. It is the right thing, and the timely thing to do. Fortunately, we have an advantage, in the computer, over previous reformers. We have spell check and software to convert text from traditional spelling to more systematic spelling.

That there is a critical need for spelling reform is without question, the only discussion should be over the best system and how to implement it. English spelling reform is long overdue and will transform the world in the new millennium.

If people start using New English Spelling (NES), it will become an accepted alternative to Traditional English Spelling (TES), and, in time, the standard. Let's start a revolution.

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