When will the English language be reformed?

yes, of course.
for example concerning nouns:

-application = diligently
-balance = scale
-bureau = desk
-camera = videorecorder
-chance = luck
-confidence = a secret
-crane = skull
-destitution = dismissal
-grange = barn
-isolation = insulation
-route = road
-rupture = breaking
-singe = ape, monkey


and concerning verbs:

-to pretend = to claim, to assert
-to retire = to take out
-to transpire = to sweat

there is a good site I found for the special occasion with false friends.
the words in column n°4 is written in french, but as it is the translation of the english word in column n°1, it won't be a problem.
the link is the following:

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/lhuughe/FR201/TP/5TPFauxamis.html

Jim, I would keep the spelling of "queen" the same for one reason; while it is a French spelling (well, somewhat), the word itself is English.

The Old English word for King was Cyning. The Modern Saxon word for king is Küning. In linguistic terms the two are identical.

Yeah, Simon, so what?

Check out 'New English Competition' on this forum if this interests you at all.

Wouldn't it be necessary, in order to reform English spelling, to identify every sound in the language and invent a new symbol to represent each one? I realise some have tried that already, but perhaps now we have the benefit of the Internet, it would be easier to spread a "new alphabet".