, 1880-04-21

e,i Snrtly M ic.."n 6,e v H. Ir!en nf Enn
WY e 9ot over 4 bnt BY spelling them fone.ia.
Understand INC clearly TINT, M n r.tc, soll,d
not ~. alter tho present epeins of any word liko
e t1s s s a' y s ,6o xco
e II aesent. shIsa eosla 'Ss e ss,''s aase eSas
whero TINT could not be done. as ii, such wnrls
~ frgize. friend. freight, etc,. tho hetsor plan
oro n se no % oter ehaasG io sope % n G
subject Of sowets allow mo to t'rlw your nitcn-.
tion u T. the M fact thai T. there nppcars 70 bonot
press atl tle vowel s'tii'tis IN tho Nng.ish
!ananage; TINT !e WIZ, tho vowel hns twn ills.
x FsS hass ~ sH X sowes o pa@ q
ive. lios. Is this defect 70 10 rcincdlcl7 1 SEQ
no way but BY tho invention Of nnothor vowel to
shtw when Il I,as tho se,,,nd Of IN far md Of q
defect exists 10 othor languages rs well as III
English TIC GRrnhns have no vowel To rep.
resent tho sound Of tho English In tho wnIrt
pressed oithor b. tho combinations eH or q, as In
tho German words !l,utsch. he'll. In 6Helic or
iile csiruorrim,ry con,hination Of c!thcr atih Of
nv't a. n word ahaRc, horn. pronounced as II
The coilsonants seem to bo rs badly arranged
in English rs tho unveils, and 10 present even n
Era,ter i,l!stty II s,mrlfytnF tho speng:
OHk LH4nkF UuFalGncH Will TGuilE1fVAnk COH5OnADL9
rs the English InuErngc Is, It is not 50 bad in
TINT respect as tllo Fr,'sch: however, tho silent
cnnsotant. s n II FRENCH n,ny be s9td to olor only
bctauso there hre rules TINT show. IN nine cases
out OF ten. when they arc suppressed. stlll+ 10
printing unnecessary letters Is concorrGd,
maintain that tho French lnng.1age is worse nfr
thln tho English. Yet W. never hear nnythln9
eser {: nosssx %sts 'st s ,a HUI III trs@sa
ans fns 'iseess Iettels. is no asoi' ~ hy
we ahoNld tiu tho anne. Tho tcrn!nntin1, Oh ia
tho wor1!s cotigh. laugh; trough, r1'uKt, stc..
Tho same might ie dune where al aceura ii, tho
sses e;s rs Hs ssxo Tsnrs such aa,a rs Ii, 0 IL 's ~
a!mo.t ii tho WIFI WHY II which the continuation
ts 7 gs ~ !s 4 @ sA aA'S = sSu
wsrs pronouaeed r. viii strons @ gu2tHl n A. enoa. @ s
pronouneed in scotland. Ireaad, and in some
shs s setn,!nas!on as liks IN he.a 1: hsr1y kaox
scatehmen promo pro1,o,.neo iuSh III viii iii " Cultural
cnunclatton Just aaa German prououncGs 1t in
his own lnnguaRe. That In all or utmost III cases
iurnl thoro cat,not Ga shutiow Of doubt: that it
VII! nuyar tc pronounced ny such tKaln seems
s q 90 sea 70 eH .ha sse 81 Il q
Boot as possible. All double letters whether mt
the snis Or In tho bodies of wnt!ls, might, with
tions are such wortls n full. call, all. etc.
II might be better to retain these double let
ss, as tssy e e bfsad .a r bh fae
ut only 1ne exception to this rule. md TINT Is In
INC word thaIl; sanseauently Il would 10 Hoiter
present no snalI difficulty. ltAther than substi-
fute for In such worls ~ soclnty. dooido,
ion, 10 pit pit % mrk RI undor tho Who'd 10 It has % tho
sound Of 8. 9 has n!so two s1unds,-one hard,
" ~ gaE aId orc sott, Us IL osorgs r. must
tho English Language from whnt Il htis at pres
cut, for II i bud not, tho words the, this that,
r. ST. Tss. wq esy rrs
ularIty III lilo SOUND Of IN IN thon and thin which
H. Hfcat pzEIn tu nc, and which hope some
M ind account for Tic lettcr !. bis TWO very iIs-
ttnut sounds, M IN the words his. hns, whero 1t
a aas SS wero sS Il & bns g s IL ss ss aS:
,ss' e nsSe se IN os4sr e e remedy 'sssS! = Ss!Ss
co,isnnan!s. and sec nothing for It only to Ket
along With them as they aro- Such Hatbars,us
Sys @ n" ss at z ior ao
anfs ,a"t ss sNsSn spse IN q s S'555Fi 5. a s' sy t
writc IN and wish Hcncrlily nloptc!, should re-
KAF1 IL Only n liLllG ICES IusAH OsHBpu0Uys ;" u
be douo 10 remedy tho Rlaring defeuta Of En-
*h ,rthosny It eai y s't1 done wisnqS sonS
tho Language; for 1t III fact that ninetestl-
twcn.,rshs # the !neongr,itss not only IL the 70
ssx % ess t not o he lest n
ness or chAnco: thoy owe thclr or18.n In inoat
instances 70 sosnu historical oyens;-a conG'lcst,
turica uct cnib0dfol liz tho terininution ttofs ot
90 many Engtiah. words, which carries ,,s
FMnch FIJI ~ speakins I % Nortnaus eonqncrod EnRllnd
thpy introduced theIE lanRuagoi tho tsrninAtlon
tfyH Is heritaxe Gf ll9stiiiga Would II not boa
!i".nk Hai cst1y in sreat ns'ssrc tbs history Il
tho wnr,l7 Thero ars thousands Of words n En-
n.s nsszcs % t" future phiioiosists Ths 1nay scen,
very tritlIng nintter, prnvldcd TINT chRngo IN
tho present for.n Of spelling would saye trunble
4nd cxpcnst; hut We cur curry utflitaflanistn
ton fur, and there is q strong tendency ln this
epmnt,y to carry too tAr, And IL my humhlee
fm@tic spelling. lla!i ~ tho present systcn, Of
ortin,9r1lfy undoubtedly is. # Ia u grcat. deal
ott,r than t. as swo w, centuries so nd IN 1wo
It II now. Tho Irregularities Iii English orthos-
rafy arc perhaps greater than H. my Motssn 1.tt
ows dr' tbSr origin priaeIpnliy 70 the NoF1nan con-
quest. and tho eonsc1uent introduoti9n q the
S"sh 0ws to teS 1s Wa
not conquered; u fualon tools ptacr. and tho no
suit wis . lnng!,ags, neIthor Fronch nor saxon:
r,os esFs s il shs hsG Of pe
10 try md convene a sGance OF tho learned men
uf Tho Milton OH II? The country that has pro;;
LuCou twO suth etl!nent gchHinrA ~ Weostor ana
Worcester ought tn hnvo no difficulty In bringing
togcthor body OF mon second II ,'o,ie In th.'
Convention WOULD 10 talked about, the noss
Likelihood would theTe bo TINT tho ohalsgcs, ~ it
wola make ~ slliag wo,id 20 aE1 E9SYsaiIig, r, u,
tho iattrr too, II tho United States Government
wo,,ltl tako tho matter in hand and II neeas ID,