The English language is a mess. There is no reason for it to remain so.  As a first step we should change to phonetic spelling.  Since current phonetics are needlessly convoluted, the following is a suggestion for such a system - made as simple and as close to current usage as seems possible.
 
  Vowels                   The Alphabet
 
aagoa = a (agon = na (number)
aa      fat  b = ba (butter) o = o (okay)
ae      ate c = ca (cut)     p = pa (pup)
ah      caught   d = da (dumb)  r = ra (rug)
eten e = e (red)       s = sa (supper)
ee      tea  f = fa (fun)       t = ta (touch)
er       urn g = ga (gun)    u = u (look)
I         is   h = ha (hunt)   v = va (vulgar)
ii        time              i = i (is)          w = wa (want
oover j = ja (just)      y = ya (young)
oi       oil   l = la (lust)      z = za (puzzle or zarathustra)
oo      tool       m = ma (mother)
ou      out
ulook      ch = cha (change)    th = tha (the) or th (math)   cw = cwa (quick)
 
A big problem will be accents.  Possibly a “standard media” type version of English 2001 should be used with dictionaries showing widely used alternates.   Drop the vowels on the ending of words where they are obvious - caachr, daznt, and in short words that are obvious - wz (waz), mch (mach).  Vowels in suffixes are retained if needed to clarify a separate syllable - forest not forst., or to prevent double consonants - fundad not fundd. Leave out the apostrophes in contractions - caant, didnt.  Possibly there should be standard spellings for words that are pronounced differently in different circumstances - pahlatics, pahliticl (instead of paliticl).
 
Yoo No This Wan
 
Wans apahn a tiim ther wz a litl gerl whoo livd with her mathr aat tha edg av a forest.  Her graanmathr, whoo lavd her veree mch, hd maed her a red cloc with a hud aand shee wor it so ahfn thaat evreewan cahld her Litl Red Riidng Hud.
 
Wan dae her mathr sed too her, “yer graama iz il aand ahl alon in her cahtij in tha forest, aand Ii want yoo too taec her this baasct av caecs.  Maec sher yoo dont tahc too enee straenjrz ahn tha wae.”
 
Litl Red Riidng Hud set ahf ahn tha paath, aand shee hd naht gahn veree fahr beefor shee met a wulf.  “Gud morneeng,” sed tha wulf. “Wher ahr yoo goeeng in yor beutifl red cloc.”
 
“Iim taecng this baasct av caecs too mii graama, whoo iz il in bed,” Litl Red Riidng Hud ripliid.
 
“Whr dz yor graama liv?” aasct tha wulf.
 
“In tha cahtij aat tha end av tha paath,” sed Litl Red Riidng Hud.
 
Nau tha wulf wz veree hangree aand hee wantd too eet Litl Red Riidng Hud ther aand thn.  Bat hee herd a wudcatr wercng nirbii, so hee raan ahf.  Tha wulf went straet throo tha fohrest too tha graanmathrz’ cahtij aand nahcd aat her dohr, raat-taat-taat.
 
“Whooz ther?” Graanma cahld.
 
“Itz Litl Red Riidng Hud, aand Iiv braht yoo a baasct av caecs,” sed tha wulf, in az gerlish a vois az hee cud.
 
“Thn lift tha laach aand let yerslf in,” sed Graanma.
 
The wulf liftd tha laaach aand boundad in aand swahlod her in wan galp. Then hee put ahn her shahl aand niitcaap aand cliimd into her bed.
 
Beefor lahng Litl Red Riidng Hud caem too tha cahtij aand nahcd aat tha dor, raat-taat-taat.
 
“Whooz ther?” asct tha wulf in a crocee vois.
 
“Itz mee, Graama, aand Iiv braht yoo a baasct av caecs,” sed Litl Red Riidng Hud.
 
“Thn lift tha laach aand let yerslf in,” sed tha wulf, pulng the cwilt ap too hz chin.
 
Litl Red Riidng Hud liftd tha laach aand wahcd into tha cahtij.
 
“Whii Graama, what big iiz yoov gaht.”
 
“Tha betr too see yoo with, mii dir,” sed tha wulf.
 
“Aand, Graama, what big teeth yoov gaht.”
 
“Ahl tha betr too eet yoo with!” grould tha wulf, aand hee jampd out av bed aand aet Litl Red Riidng Hud.
 
Jst thn tha wudcatr caem bii tha cahtij aand nohtisd thaat tha dor wz ohpn so hee lucd insiid.  Aand whn hee sah tha wulf licng hz chahps, hee cat ahf tha wolfs hed with hz aacs.
 
Then Litl Red Riidng Hud aand her graanma stepd out fram insiid tha wulf, aand fram thaat dae ahn litl Red Riidng Hud nevr evr tahct too straengrz agen.
 
 
Declaraeshn av Indipendens
 
When in tha cors av heumn ivents it beecmz nesaseree for wan peepl too dizahlv tha paliticl bahnds which haav canectd thm with anathr, aand too aseum amang tha pourz av thee erth tha seprat aand eecwl staeshn to which tha Lahz av Naechr aand av Naechrz Gahd entiitl thm, a deesnt rispct too thee opinynz av mankiind recwiirz thaat thae shud dicler tha cahzaz which impel thm too tha separaeshn.
 
  A Declaraeshn av Riits
 
Wee hold theez trooths too bee self-evidnt:  thaat ahl men ahr creeaetd eecwl, thaat thae ahr endoud bii ther Creeaetr with sertn anaeleeanabl Riiz, thaat among theez ahr Liif, Libertee aand tha persoot av Haapeenes, thaat to seeceur theez Riiz, govrnments ahr institootd amang men, deriiving ther jast pourz fram tha cansent av tha gavrnd, thaat whenever enee form av govrnment bicamz distractv av theez endz, it iz tha Riit av tha peepl too ahlter or too abahlsh it, aand to institoot noou govrnment, laeing its foundaeshn ahn sach prinsiplz aand organiizng its pouerz in sach form aaz too them shl seem most liiclee to afect ther Saeftee aand Hapeenes.
 
Prudns, indeed, wil dictaet thaat govrnments lahng estaablshd shud naht bee chaenged for liit aand traanzeent cahzaz; aand accordinglee ahl expeareens haath shon, thaat mankiind ahr mor disposd to safr, whiil Eevlz ahr saferabl, thaan too riit thmslvz bii abolishng tha formz too which thae ahr acastmd.  Bat when a lahng traen av abeus aand yooserpaeshnz, perseuing invereeablee tha saem ahbject, eevinsz a diziin too ridoos thm andr absoloot despatizm, it iz ther riit, it iz ther dootee, too thro ahf sach govrnment, aand to proviide noo gahrdz for ther feuchr siceuritee.
 
 
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