Supprisingly good

English is actually quite nice! Per-letter, English is actually one of, if not the, most efficient languages! Obviously this is flawed, as you can only really compare to other languages that use a latin-derived alphabet. And if you measure by speaking time, almost all languages are the same information rate! Some just speak faster than English.

Spelling Reform

Spelling reforms are something that have been attempted many times over, and some have stuck!

For example, one of the most successful ones in English was Noah Webster's, of Webster's Dictionary fame. He is why American English spells labor without the u, and center not centre.

My personal spelling reform and method is simple. I just use it! And you can too.

Current substitions I make:

spelling reforms

• I before E except after C: I try to follow this rule 100% consistently, for example wierd instead of wierd