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For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), "A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling"
Chicken Soup: An ancient miracle drug containing equal parts of aureomycin, cocaine, interferon, and TLC. The only ailment chicken soup can't cure is neurotic dependence on one's mother.: Arthur Naiman
A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and the Holy Ghost on drums.: Hunter S. Thompson (1939 - 2005)
Though one should be prepared to vomit rather frequently and disport with pink elephants and assorted grotesqueries while trying often unsuccessfully to make one's way to the toilet.: William F. Buckley Jr. - in response to previous statement
If God dropped acid, would he see people?: Steven Wright (1955 - )
Knowledge is expensive.: Hanna Gray, current president of the University of Chicago
Education is the best provision for old age.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.: Baron Henry Peter Brougham
The two most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.: Harlan Ellison.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

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