1. CUT ALL REDUNDANT LETTERS, namely those wich do not serv any function in the pronunciation of the word, eg hed, dout, exept, hankerchif, hav, foren, tho, wat, frend, no, haf, nemonic, dam, yung, sycological, iland, wach, corse, sho for head, doubt, except, handkerchief, have, foreign, though, what, friend, no/know, half, mnemonic, damn, young, psychological, island, watch, coarse/course, show.
There is no problem if 2 words that ar pronounced the same way ar speld the same, but the word 'know' becums 'kno'.
2. THE BASIC RULE FOR THE STRESSD SHORT VOWELS. These ar speld 'a, e, i, o, u': plad, sed, mith, burocracy, cum for plaid, said, myth, yacht, come.
3. 'A' sounded as short 'o/u' after 'w' or 'qu' remains 'wa' (in the US sum of them hav short u-sound), eg was, quality. We spel 'father' and 'bother' as in TS.
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