Thanks for that bit of entertainment, birdfeed. What a refreshing story to read today after too many others of troubles.

This past summer I took a brief look at the Macedonian alphabet, which is completely phonetic and very easy to read once you understand how to break the code. One problem when first looking at it is some letters that look like consonants are actually vowels--and vice versa. But, again, once you learn the specific sound for each letter, Macedonian is a piece of cake to read, even if you don't understand a thing you're saying.