New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-03
A Talk about Orthography.


"What On earth has got INFO TIE TnbHm
said an old friend the other day "h Is upse'nns
all the notions Of my sch oolsoy days BY ia rasa ne
Ter, ogeass Sc though, the Editor was man O too
much practical sense to give such specimens OF Or
biography
"h Is jus, because he practical man that he
docs IL"
AS howt"
why, dr,,, az to Dsrsig. if you were adding the
formatyes e or ing to such words sardsT and 'r5o
would you dcub the Goal consonant and write gad,E
Rer, gardarniHg-ssgsrr0, sHgerrisgf'
Certainly not IL would be ridcuous-
why then double the In forma:iyss from rarsl
Why not stick 10 the general ruletf
But we do sometimes double the final c'nsonsn,--
as in Jorseiipg, from forsef"
Exactly so. We uniformly double whom the accent
falls the s, syllable, to prevent faso pronuncia
ton vsciirg bu, the rule ia universal one never
70 double when tha accent falls earlier Why, then.
should few examinations in 81 be made an exception 10
a principle which extends 10 thousands Of casesf"
Really there does seem 70 be- something in what you
cay. But who put TIE Tribpas on this sceni''
. Bishop Low,h pointed out the prevailing error on
This subject seventy years ago; and declared thu,
iraroer &c s0rshiDer ADD big0fSd the Only true
spelling. Walker. in bic latest work took the same
ground and said he mus, declare tor the expulsion
of the 10 all such csses. Accordingly Perry carried
on, the expulsion Ia hts Synonymous Dictionary and
DR.. Webs;er did the same Ia hts works
Aye, have always heard tina, Nosh Webster was IN
that Inc OF business. But wis, do you say OF msf0
c6nftT. aud such queer looking cram =
What would g0H say ~ should spell diameio by
inverug the two last letter. snd making Il aamdrtf
should soy you might BE- IN better business han,o
turn our English woFcs into Frcnch'
And yet when you spell halt the word, you stick 20
the French fashion QHsnO yosrsel and rgn down The
Tribune for spelling stsr sni diaslsfer slikei'
Wen, what DO the dictionary makers sayt Iup.
pose the paper geis 10 cue from some Of them
They all cay, that great Numbers Of our words Ia
were first sptlt after the French manner because
they came from that language a. chaflbre odrr, mem
brc and III the progress language lees thsn
dozen OF any importance no" rctaa me French
eudlog
And so, supposc. Noah Webster think, the time
has about come u finch he JOB At once, snd make
them al end alike"
'Ye. and John Milton thought 50 Two hundred years
Los Bailey Ia his dictionary before the time OF John.
son, gave this the true spelling together with ma0
and tlsi1 and the mahemat!csn' Of the present Day
very extensively write cerfT.
III will never q ia fissfr, think
Perhaps not But by tne-wsy. did you ever hear
child a, sch0o. when be msdehls Ast esssy At spelling
that word o.
Not thst I remember never was schoolnssier.
as believe you have been nost Of yourliie."
! have. And that's the Of my understsndins
inis subject rather better than yog do Nov put that
word 70 any iitie fellow for the fret time and there
ten c. ances 10 tha, no will bfng the last
syllable ire with pleased and confident expressi0n-
res ficG Tree. II you wsh such words 20 be pro
nouncei like chamber cid,r, &c why not subject ihese
to The same change, BY completing the analogy a.
once =
"Thats good reasoning for a schOOinsst.r. Bar
what can y0l say r1r eFRssf
" You rcmen Der that when you "a, boy, Cpt9f>'
with e. was the common spelling 10 has stree been
changed into ekpesse not b. the exeron Of Moan WEB
OF Horace Greeley, but from toe good seuse OF
the public 10 make il sccorisut vito P.Esiss Tor ne
noun and objective ough. certainly - De ALIKE 10 ias
respect
well, there does seem 10 be some reason for thst
Li-encs ADD recOmpence have also been altered mo
license and reeompense within the lss1 forty yesn P
snd no one seems 10 have regarded the change ssy
great enOrmity. Why then may The only three ~
ms.rng words Of this class be chsnge1 viz: egsre %
accord s.lh offensive. grsfexse with pretsnsOp and
Jcsse With defensive TIE Analogy will thea b com
pieie"
All this may be very true. Blu, ihls pew 'pslins
looks ~ qus0"
Every chance for the better looks queer Al nfst "
Locked very odd Two hundred years ago 20 give ~ voc
Old established spelling Of as0yni. j0yl<r 'rse AoHw
aud al sucn words. PR, 1iOris, and al sucn s0fos
tgorfh Tor forth, satRt sOAAs and maintooe q 49,
beautiful combinations hundred years i"'sI :. -
very queer 10 give up sorsrsoIr, iraio4, ''-e -
great nuuncer Of sacn tefrnihA1ons iOf yel
sim pie forms. AL the changes Pro9Cs,u 10 .es
Revised Edition Of y.oster's DieuYnzly, sn' -Hepte'
By TIE Tr1r-s are uifng when comPsfed - iHose
ar referred q, They r.se b cry icur or I'VE eiassss
I Of wo-d. and are demsnded oy tne best es,aob.ae'
anaoee. Of the language As the reasons for them are
undsrstood they are every day more widely received
nd venture 70 predict. that In comparatively aieS
years. IL will be the 0ld sPsling ,ha, look. queer