So, you want to reform English spelling. I don't blame you. After all, English spelling is famously confusing. Words like "height", "phlegm", and "psychology" are full of silent letters. "Through", "though", "tough", "cough", and "plough" don't rhyme for some reason. And what's up with the letter C? Why not just replace it with K and S? Clearly, we need a redo. In this class, we'll try to do just that: fix English spelling. And in the process we'll dive into the wonderful field of linguistics. Our journey will take us through English sounds, Latin roots, British dialects, Noah Webster's dictionary, and the Norman Conquest of 1066. We'll use the tools linguists use to describe languages, and we'll analyze spelling reforms of the past. By the end of the hour, we'll have looked at several different ways to "fix" English spelling, and we might even grow an appreciation for English spelling as it is.