The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-12

Lists of words where silent Letters May
u Dropt. .

Lists OF Words Where silent Letters May
De Dropt. 4.
To tho Editor Of the Chicago Tribune.
GALEspuRo, ILL.,, January 6.-Inasmuch
rs authors and publishers generally seem
to prefer to introduce the spelling reform
gradually, and without much regard for
fonetic associations and spelling.reform
congresses, the following scheme is here.
by offered to a~ssistin forwarding this great
%labor.saving cause.
1t will be een that 1t consists Of emitting
useles silent letters and spelling according
10 sound. The derivatives follow the sug.
gested changes so far as they can without
violating tho most usual analogies OF
English orthografy. Proper names are
not 10 be affected here. The endeavor has
been to give words in the order Of their
probable adoption:
!. Program, catalog, dialog, demagog,
pedagog. hnrang, mortgage, leag.
9. Detinit, opposit, apposit, intlnit, hypo.
crit, forft, surtft, ermin, masculin, fenlntn,
etc.
8. Avenu, revenu, retinu, issu, tissu, vir.
tn, statu, ar, hart flor heart, harth, blu,
flu, glu.
a. Hav, Civ, liv,-iv (t%ermination).
8. bet, don't, jam (for jamb), lam, lin,
thum, plum for plunb)n receit.
q. D4uter, slauter.
Z. Omit a in bread, breath, earth, zeal
Gus, heaven, measure, earl, feather, etc.
s. Adu, %lutenant, lu, rumatism, MURAL,
numonia, numatic.
0. Gazet, brunei, catar.
10. Gest, COST, CESS, gid (tor guild, gilt.
ior guilt, gard, gardian, bid, bilt, gage,
gise, glide, gile, liant, ant flor aunt, etc.
II. Tho, altho, turnout.
II. Dam (for DANNY condem, autumn,
colum, solem.
10. Mold, soder, sholder, hickhu. These
four words are in Webster's Dictionary.)
il. Receive, perceive, relieve, etc.
10. Nurish, flurish, suthern, contry,
yung, yuth, jurney, %iurnal, manuyer, cur
age, curtesy, curtezan.
10. Attorny, chimny, mony, monkv,
hony, turky.
II. Certin, parliment, chieItin, chamber
lin.
is. Omit all silent letters at the begin
ming of words, as 0, h,k, 40, etc. Elk, nav,
onor, mock, rist.
10. Retoric, rinoccros; and where ch be.
fore a, o, u, or a consonantis sounded like
4, drop Il; as caos, Cristmas, etc.
90. Anser, WensdaY.
81. Arrain, campaiu, champagne, loren
suverin.
%. ON, lism, prism, thisl, etc.
90. Tho terminators-us, ally, and
fun for -ouS, al, aud fully.
"a. The termination ~ Qor -.ae), b.,
pt, -cl-a, I'll.
rs. lie, iland, friend, heir, fashion, parish
oner.
20. Flor ph.
q. ConQer, liqor.
%. DubI, trubl, cupl.
90. Hous, grous, nous, rous.
80. Billo, billos, fello, fellos, etc.
81. Rase, prase, csc, esy, tese, seze,
chees, cese, crese, grese, lese, pece, heye,
leve, we've.
SO. Lit, wills, ketl, ratl, etc.
SO. Buty.
81. Caut, fraut, taut, gon.
So. Bot, prot, not, OF, fc't, tho't, so't,
rot (ior bought, ETC..
so. Balm, cam, sam, AIMS (or balm,
etc., cal, GAYS, hal, HAYS.
81. Omit in batch, ditch, etc.
SO. Omit c before 4, in back, lack, dock,
etc.
80. Hi, nj, ST, no (for know.
40. Cud (for could, shud, wud.
In the following words new letters are
introduced:
IL. Lite, mite, etc.
AZ. Flu, nu, chu, chued, etc.
43. Flo, tloed, sho, shoed, etc., so Uor
sew or sow, buro, bo (for bow or beau.
A. Laf, trof, TOYS. cof, enuf, tut, ruf,
slut, hut.
As. Eny, meny, agcn, agenst, scd, SEES.
40. Dus (for does), cusn, bin flor beenl,
tung, wusted, prity, wimen, him (tor
hymn, nabur, bisy, bisness, cnrnel, ake,
quire (for choir, solger, sism, berry, tina,
oba, da, della. etc.
AZ. Blud, fluid, sum, cum.
As. Rane, dane, fame (tor feign, etc..
40. Biskit, cirkit, core (for corpse), OBJ
like, uneke, foxes.
90. Plaig, vaig, roag, voag, mosk, opake,
81. Bauk, chauk, tauk, stauk, walk (for
walk, etc..
So. Sine (for sign), desine, impune.
So. loom, woom.
81. Wun, wuas, dun (lor done).
l. %. Ait (for eight, waite (tor weight,
irate, bite.
S.. Guns, rims, etc.
81. Seel flor ceil), cheei, seege, etc.
S.. / Qtor eye), les flor eyes,.
so. Hoo, hoom, etc.; u (tor you), ure ltor
CO.. When O consonant is doubled before
another c~onsonant sound, or at the end OF
a word. drop one OF them. In all other