K: Whats the point?

[RedRalph]

Why do we still use the letter K in English? why cant we just use C?

 

[Mise]

Rather we should get rid of C, since S and K both do what C does, but more explicitly, and just use "C" for the "CH" sound.

Then again, we'd have to come up with new ways of determining pronunciation, due to words such as "puking" vs "pucking". I guess a double k instead of ck for pucking would work.

 

[flyingchicken]

@OP: So you're suggesting we have resessions, rasism, ansilliaries, farses, acseleration, etc?

 

[Rashiminos]

So ice and Ike don't sound the same?

 

[Caeili.Draziw]

Why do we still use the letter K in English? why cant we just use C?

Because you are a "Kook" and not a "Cooc"?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kook

 

[mangxema]

Rather we should get rid of C, since S and K both do what C does, but more explicitly, and just use "C" for the "CH" sound.

This is a much better idea IMO.

 

[RedRalph]

So ice and Ike don't sound the same?

How about what you do to a watch (wind) and the stuff that makes the trees move (wind)? Is there a problem there?

 

[Zelig]

Rather we should get rid of C, since S and K both do what C does, but more explicitly, and just use "C" for the "CH" sound.

Then again, we'd have to come up with new ways of determining pronunciation, due to words such as "puking" vs "pucking". I guess a double k instead of ck for pucking would work.

This.

In the revised 25 letter alphabet:

puking = pukeing
pucking = puking

 

[flyingchicken]

puking = pukeing
pucking = puking

No, pucing and puccing.

 

[mangxema]

We wouldn't have this confusion if we would use freaking accent marks.

 

[Rashiminos]

How about what you do to a watch (wind) and the stuff that makes the trees move (wind)? Is there a problem there?

Yes, we'll need another letter.

 

[mangxema]

wind vs. winde/wiend?

 

[RedRalph]

Yes, we'll need another letter.

No, we can just use common sense. theres loads of times when a word is spelled the same as another but you just know, because of context.

ELIMINATE THE LETTER K

 

[Rashiminos]

No, we can just use common sense. theres loads of times when a word is spelled the same as another but you just know, because of context.

ELIMINATE THE LETTER K

As long as we start referring to cics in football.

 

[Truronian]

Q is a far more pointless letter. QU = KW/CW

 

[Jan H]

Then again, we'd have to come up with new ways of determining pronunciation, due to words such as "puking" vs "pucking". I guess a double k instead of ck for pucking would work.

That's the way we do it in Dutch...

There also used to be a large movement that wanted to get rid of the 'c' in Dutch (except for ch and sch), and replace it by 'k' or 's'. This was called the "alternative spelling". For instance they wrote 'kultuur' instead of 'cultuur'. About 15 years ago, new spelling rules were determined by the Dutch Language Union (Nederlandse Taal Unie), but they kept the 'c' in almost all cases, and since then the alternative spelling has almost died out.

 

[Zelig]

No, we can just use common sense. theres loads of times when a word is spelled the same as another but you just know, because of context.

ELIMINATE THE LETTER K

K is never ambiguous, it makes far more point to get rid of C.

Q and X and go too, while we're at it.

 

[Shekwan]

Why eliminate letters? I went to the bother of learning the nuances of this damn language I'm not going to have people changing it on me! Thats why I like to be a grammar nazi - I have a stake in keeping things the way I like to spell.

 

[RedRalph]

Why eliminate letters? I went to the bother of learning the nuances of this damn language I'm not going to have people changing it on me! Thats why I like to be a grammar nazi - I have a stake in keeping things the way I like to spell.

So are you a 'bollicks', a 'bollocks', or a 'bollix' man?

 

[eastsidebagel]

Why do we still use the letter K in English? why cant we just use C?

Because that would look stupid and it would add unneccesary confusion for anybody who's learning the language.