Rants

[fok]

The letter Q is pretty much the black sheep of the alphabet.  It serves no major purpose.  We don't need it.

At all.

The actual Q sound can't be sounded out in pretty much any word without sticking a "u" in front of it, and for words with Q in which there is no "u" to sound out the letter, it simply makes the "K" sound.  You can basically replace Q with K in any word and it won't affect the pronounciation whatsoever.  So we don't need Q.  Why it even exists, I don't know.

I also noticed that the letter Q doesn't seem to exist on license plates.  I've looked.  We must follow their example.

DOWN WITH Q!!!

[Makahari2000]

Without Q

Queen would become Kween.

Quick would become Kwik.

It looks like freaking Africa.  We're more civilized than freaking Africa. 

[scrapyard]

cept 4qanatas airlines

they dont use a u

but i agree down w/q

[wacky1980]

Q can be found on license plates, at least in my state. and texas. and indiana. and pennsylvania.

replacing q with k doesn't give you the same sound. where qu sounds like "kw", ku would sound like "koo". of course, if you replaced qu with kw, it would work, but then you're just being mean to the lonely u. he's already abused enough with 1337, the poor little guy.  

[Zaphod_209]

How am I supposed to quickly quantify my quadrophonic albums without the letter Q?

[Drake6-5]

No it has a distinct consonant sound: kuick would not be pronounced the same as quick. Now the letter C is a pointless letter: cider = sider, cape = kape.

[scabby]

I think he was just incomplete.  Using a "kw" together could get rid of the "qu" in a lot of words, but not all.  Certain words employing the letter q are pronounced with a softer, more subtle phonetic sound.  For example, say Anna Paquin's name out loud, then imagine it spelled with a "kw."  It just doesn't seem right.

[MaN-BEaST]

wow, i dunno how i missed this thread.

you're absolutely wrong.  Q is the the alphabet's greatest achievement.  it's needed more than god.  i dunno how i can convey this.

you need Q more than god.......

if you get rid of Q, you might as well scrap literacy altogether.  if not life itself. 

[Novacane_Cowboy]

I think the letter x is more useless.

[scabby]

Can't spell secks without x. 

Wait..... 

[sleepyirv]

Excuse me?

[scabby]

You're Exquesed.

[rpgamer]

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Drake6-5 wrote:

No it has a distinct consonant sound: kuick would not be pronounced the same as quick. Now the letter C is a pointless letter: cider = sider, cape = kape.

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In those cases, c is not necessary. But c is necessary when paired with h. Cuz Idunno how else you're gonna get such a sound without c...

[Natholomew]

BAQT IN IRAQ ON DRUQZ

[harryfrodo]

Tsh, maybe?

Yeah that wouldn't work either.

[rpgamer]

H gets around with so many other letters, it'd be hard to find a replacement for c that isn't already involved with h...

Hussy.

[Drake6-5]

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rpgamer wrote:

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Drake6-5 wrote:

No it has a distinct consonant sound: kuick would not be pronounced the same as quick. Now the letter C is a pointless letter: cider = sider, cape = kape.

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In those cases, c is not necessary. But c is necessary when paired with h. Cuz Idunno how else you're gonna get such a sound without c...

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Easy with a k instead.

[rpgamer]

But then, "KHAAAAAAN!" won't have the same ring to it.

[Retardobuster]

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sleepyirv wrote:
Excuse me?

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I vastly prefer it when they call him Major Boothroyd or Armourer. Hell, even Algernon's better.

So yes, I'm in full agreement with this rant. 

[Swordfish_II]

From teh Internets:

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
by Unknownish or something

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld

[Raptorpat]

off the top of my head, I know c,f,q,x,z all make sounds that other letters cover

[qweasdzxcqaz]

It is annoying. ** rabble ** pointless and makes me mad enough to kick my pets until im out of breath, it fuuuuuudges me up. Missing it makes you seem and feel like the dumbest redneck, i mean, for fuuuuuudgesake we have like 3 retarded forms of it too(k and c). And I know it has probably screwed others of an otherwise deserved A+ on a spelling test...

[eimajtl]

O_O


YOU ARE DEAD TO ME!

[kimopo]

You're gonna make me Q_Q

[BeIIdandys_Husband]

In Arabic, Greenlandic, Klingon, and some other languages, the letter Q is pronounced like a K at the back of the throat.

But yeah, down with Q. There's nothing you can't do with it in English (Or any other Germanic language for that matter) that can't be accomplished with a K and a W. All it is is a leftover byproduct of Latin (Also evident in the modern Romance languages of southern Europe).