spelling pattrns rules

How difficult would present spelling become for a next  generationthat used One-Page Spelling Rules? No harder than it is for us today to read 17th century texts or correspondence before Johnson’s Dictionary. Obsolete vocabulary and idioms are more likely to baffleus. 1. 60 Graphemes give only 88 different ways to represent sounds according to location in One-Page Spelling Rules This is a ‘simple’ representation of English sounds, for ordinary readers, not IPA standard. It includes diphthongs. The obscure vowel schwa in casual speech is represented as in formal speech with every syllable sounded out, as in ‘independent’. Forty one Spelling patterns each match one sound only b d f g h j k l m n p qu r t v w x z sh wh nk air – fair au - taut aw - saw ou - out oi - boil oy - boy oo - boot uu (?) or u for the would put push should group o words. silent e pattern – make mete mite mote mute ai – maid ay- play ea- beat ee- meet igh – night oa - boat Twelve Spelling patterns can each represent either of two sounds c – circus dance g – garage damage s - sizes z – zip vizion th – this thing e – met me o – hot cold ar – far Paris er – her eratic ir – bird ironic or – for forest ow – now growing Seven Spelling patterns can each represent 3-4 sounds y – my yabby ch – child, chemist, charade ng – danger hinge finger a – banana baby i – in kind Mimi u – fun music tabu ur – urgent currant fury 2. How sounds (phonemes) are represented by letters in One-Page Spelling Rules 27 sounds are each represented by one spelling pattern only a b d e f g h j l m n o p r t u v w y  sh th (this) th (thing) wh ng ngk..air uu (as in put) - ? u as in put or uu? 5 sounds can each be represented by two spelling patterns only z – sizes i – pity (one is the final place vowel spelling pattern) ow – round cow  ( “) oy – boil boy      ( “) oo – moon tutu   ( “ ) 5 sounds can each be represented by three spelling patterns k – quik cat box s – since six ch – child, chemist, charade or/aw – taut saw fort ah – spa farm bazaar 5 sounds can each be represented by five spelling patterns A – bake baby bay bait bàt E – mete meet meat me mèt I – mite might my final kìnd  O – mole modal moat mòt U – mute music mew cue cùt  6 spelling patterns  for the sound ‘er  – bird perturbs motor mortar drama    That is, 43 sounds, with rules for how they can be represented by 83 spelling patterns. except for the 37 very common irregularly spelled words that are not changed.