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I understand that Benjamin Franklin attempted to introduce a phonetic alphabet in 1779. Interesting link found when googling "Benjamin Franklin alphabet:" http:/www.omniglot.com/writing/franklin.htm __________________ The development of the alphabet, and ultimately its breathtaking brilliance, is much more complex and fascinating than most people would suspect. It is so easy to simply take it for granted as a trivial task for elementary students. Most would agree that up to now the spoken language precedes the development of any symbolic representations of it, and changes to spoken language are the same. If there is no actual need driven by spoken language, you can try to modify the alphabet all you want and your efforts will likely be futile. However, with the Information Age well underway, the process of language change and its symbolic representation may be fundamentally different. Needs dictated by rapid exchange of "written" language may take over as the driver of changes in the symbolic representation of the spoken word.

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