As a kid I recall a story (A table is a table) from my English Reader where out of sheer boredom, the main character decides to rename / jumble up all things around him. The books became chairs, the chairs became pillows, the table became something else and so on. That story never ceased to intrigue me over these years. Or inspire me. So, after nearly 37 years of racking my head trying to come up with my own idiosyncrasy, I've finally decided that I've had enough of the silly silent letters in my beloved queen's English. No more of laffing any longer. Henceforth, the u, g and h in "laughter" will get their proper respect and pronunciation(s). I bet there are already plenty of people who are disgusted with the treatment meted out to the poor ‘t’ in ‘listen’. Or Mr ‘L’in ‘half’. Yeah….My apologies to those who have been momentarily discomfited by the appearance of a capita...