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#EnglishSpellingReform
My previous pinned #introductionpost post is quite old, so here's a new go ...
I teach #linguistics at the #UniversityOfAlberta. Professional interests include #AccessiblePedagogy, #Phonetics, #QuantitativeMethods (#statistics), #SpeechTechnology, #InternetLinguistics, #WritingSystems, and #EnglishSpellingReform
Outside of work, I like #ScottishCountryDancing, #Canoeing, and various nerdy pursuits such as #TTRPGs and #StarTrek. 
Just saw this awesome video, promoting runes as a better writing system for English than the Latin alphabet:
https://youtu.be/4npuVmGxXuk?si=q52HLJDrWWBlg7my
He makes some good points.
ᚪᛁ ᚦᛁᛝᚳ ᛁᛏ ᚳᚢᛞ ᚹᚱᚳ!
What do you think, @shavian @rthvizqtr, or anyone else?
@shplink I'm working on an English spelling reform proposal. I was tempted to use "ʌ" for the vowel in "cup". But the most graphically obvious way to capitalize it would be "Λ" - which both my Greek colleague and my own hellenophilic tendencies rebel against.
I think I'll go with "ə". Which I gather is capitalized differently depending on the language that uses it: either "Ə" or "Ǝ".
@dgar Still not the weirdest spelling in English. Why not?