Tha Minnysta ov Educayshon,
Ser,
duz yore guvernmint
rekogknize the much increest efishonsee rezultint
from abbandining that tirranee sew kneedlesslee impozed
buy Docter Jonsen, Speling, eye meen. It’s knot ta bee supozed
that litterachure wil suffa. Kno such dyer kalamittee
ackerred inn Shaykspeers day. And if we fayce it onistlee
we must admitt, eevin four his tyme he spelt eeraticklee.
Offin in in the wun sentanse werds wer spelt in difarint wayz
yet kno whay afectid whir hiz dethliss poetree and plaze.
Too spel frea from coershon iz a baysick yoomin rite,
standidizayshon an ohpreshon sirr that wea shood fite.
If wi Nu Zeelandirs shood sett that leed fore uther nayshons,
pruuf reeders wohn’t bee kneedded fore skool publikayshons.
A sayving ser yu must agrea. Evree studint to muste gayne.
Insted ov speling’s strayt-jakit, tha freadum to remayn
tha marstir not tha slayv. Emoshinul securitee
wood bee ashured, know inhibishuns then, moor creaytiviti.
Weed hav kids riting novles and I’m shure that verry suun
sum wud skayl the hites ov exeylense and rite fa Mils & Buun.
Sew I deer Sirr, remayn yors faythfuli,
Dr. Stafford Bonnington. Ph.D.