hypothetically, let’s say you were tasked with simplifying the English language. how would you go about doing that, and why?
to start with an easy one, the first thing I would do is eliminate silent letters from all words and make it so no letters share sounds. for example, example would become exampel. then, because x would no longer be around or at least wouldn’t have that sound, ekzampel. I would also consider eliminating mulit-letter sounds like ch, and replacing them with single characters (probably the ones that got removed).
I’d keep c around for the ch sound, like Italian (I think they do that, anyway)
Or remove the letter “c” as it is currently used and replace instances of “ch” with “c”.
that’s what I was thinking too towards the end but forgot to mention it specifically. I think that’s the best thing to do with the unnecessary letters as it reduces the need for letter combinations.