Duxes and dunces in Australia

Text without the spelling traps is easy for literate people to read too. It cuts out 6 per cent of letters and changes only 3 per cent of letters in words in everyday text, after allowing 35 common irregular words to stay as sight words, because they make up 12 per cent of everyday text. Keep them: all almost always among as come some could should would half know of off one only once other pull push put they their there two as was what want who why, and word-endings-ion/-tion/-sion.

Spelling rules will take only one page, as with most alphabetic languages. Most sound-symbol relationships are one-to-one.  No more than two variant spellings for each sound except for up to four variant spellings for nine vowels and three consonants, plus the 35 very common irregular words kept as they are, learned by rote.

Here is a shortened version of the U.N. document of Human rights for easy reading:

1.All people are born free and eqal.

2.Every-one has the same rights.

3.Right to life, liberty and safety.

4.No slavery or servitude.

5.No torture

6.Recognized in law as a person

7.Protected by the law

8.Right to justice

9.No arbitrary arrest, detention or exile