Regularized Inglish

Regularized Inglish is a revised English spelling system devised and advocated by Swedish linguist Axel Wijk, set out in his 1959 book Regularized English: An investigation into the English spelling reform problem with a new, detailed plan for a possible solution. Wijk's spelling system is moderate compared to other 20th century reforms. Instead of replacing current English spelling with, for example, a fully phonetic notation, Wijk's aim was to replace "inconsistencies with more regular equivalents." Furthermore, certain inconsistencies such as the use of <g> for two separate consonant sounds (as in gent and goat) are preserved, as are <k>, <c> and <qu> for /k/ and <c> and <s> for /s/. The digraph <ph> is abandoned, but <gh> is preserved where used silently: thus high but not rough. Consequently, Regularized Inglish agrees with 90-95% of words spelled using the current English spelling system.

Wijk proposed that there should be a separate American and English standard orthography, each based on "the dialect of its cultivated circles". However, he felt that this variation should not be extended to English regional varieties.