"Tell me, did the princess feel the p through all those mattresses?"
"You mean....?"
"No! I mean p as in
pea! She's so unbelievably sensitive that she even felt the ph, the pn, the ps, the pb, the pp...."
"Pp? I thought you said she didn't feel any of that!"
"Try not to be dumb! You know very well that I'm talking about the ph of
photo, the pn of
pneumonia, the pp of
happy, the ps of
psychology, the pb of
cupboard, the pt of
receipt, and even the p of
coup.
"Know what? What we need is a coup as silent as all those ps... A perfect, exemplary democratic ku [coup] from the grassroots up. We've got to have a lot of people as sensitive as the princess. She spells very well but hasn't forgotten how hard it is and has total understanding and empathy for others. She realizes how desperately we need NuSpel. Just one p instead of eight or more absurdly archaic ways to use it... Go to
here for more on this topic.
"We need just 40 ways to spell all of the phonemes of English, not 561! She feels the p in the pain of the 40 million functional illiterates in the U.S.A. alone, and when we have a lot more people like her, something will finally be done to eradicate this incredible mess!"
One of the best ways to alleviate English spelling pain is the initial teaching alphabet (i.t.a.) approach, effectively employed experimentally in Great Britain and the U.S. Its success in helping foreigners master English is well documented. Isn't that something? More effort and care has been expended on simplifying this onerous, burdensome, task for non-citizens than on us tax payers' children!
