, 1880-01-17
THE SPELLING REFORM,

Tho EflHltAh .apDllnE Ia tho WORT In tho NDfld.
M''.1nas q yenfs ara was!St' by each Esnoratloti
wasietl cjet yc!r In printing nnd ri!ng Silent.
n IT, I'm rs!s TfiGso9 i Mss1olmao
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shirt, rs IN led, i,S1tbs iethsr. wUlhor. sta. ~
Onit nttrnt M % aftnr !, siurt ynwni. ~ T., bov.
etY. Is, dpiinii. lliiint. fori,ai, eto. s'@''
9, tutc + far IN In SUCH w"t1la ~ ntfabct, fam
ton, Se,1'for, iiosuiy tclsK,..f, fytita'i sto:
'ne iHSt, ns IN faai. w. o!!L, yea; ties, e. n oto.
M IL vsht ' i,1nros+ ~ Tt ~, "' tno s"uno
VIII ~, +'s sasat.s a",p..st, e.. ~. .,,,,
tic consent Of ihe editor Of Of III tl,a re Reuie,v,
conform to tile rules cnunctnted nbov, 80 ns to
sho ''how csy II cnn be ttor y anL tai son,-
i1,Inr of tho nroac,t stntms ~ tho re,f,rn,
nrnau, ] m NY W. v" ,l ill., a,"u no.or VI su ~ 1s'9 a ,
nloru rules, rs follos:
o. OMIT tho termination uc from Of such words
ns eGsnlor. !; +, ,aynaRnH. etc; ,,.
f. fGr tho a,lhexs nrv ~ ~ sa a o. substitute ,
purely. fOMefic systo,n Of nrtl!og1nfy wns pro-
posed III Enelntid, wl,cr It had neny c,ltliiisl-
cn, wher liz rcceptiol, was even ii0rc corttlol.
nwa III tho vnin effort Il, cllnnge the habits Of
tho millions OF Eneltsll-spaklng leple.
despite thu ernest efforts Ut tho friends OF
tho reform, 1t WINS fotnd TINT habits
ulu HlEJMulCc3 WHICH nHu UEE0Il Sd
and our devotion to the be,iGsts of s tie
ers desptc ol the cogcllt reasons otfcred for
fi sans nSe s o nHs sv ns s 9ssfcS M @ 8" &c. 9 hs, r.
wer, however, iu thls contry md Urent
Drltat1l, sn.al clns! Of ernest, thotll,t men,
wllo nisntafnctl tho fniti they had cspo,isM,
md kept nliye the ien Ut reform. IN 1H1D
the centennial year. public attention WIS
ayeM called IT, tho matter, and TIC Spelling
Reform Association wns orgnnizetl, with tlle
luAd1lH biologists Of both contrles alnpEg Its
ol'!cerx At Aryt, few s'n1p'e s,rs,,!aslens
inv, iiv, galyl, wlait) wer proposed for Ern IN.
erai ,isc. Thcac found intetiiato favor With
thousands nf people who l,ad been unwilling
f. eIu,,gu thefr nffabot and lern. TO spet anew.
iyc rMcs al tic i!rtl Of tlsls article, :for i1
lIrr!nte usc." They, also, hav fo,intl much
favor among a lnrg elns who wer TOO Inert to
lcrn and adopt a MI orthografy. or ono nearly
" + 'i'hc Smelling Reform Association h.s a1so
sugjpsteh other rules, which i,1crcse very
inrgriy the MNmf,sr uf words OF Which tilo
spelling cnll hu modified ind sinapliAc.l. Thcl,
gonx it'll further, + l,as aKreetl UPON mud of;
ssript. wliicll ilns tho necessary merits Of siin.
nIlrltv n,Il completeness.
This 1t vii hu seen tt,at one may hay Ills
c,,ois ,ls TO lnw far 1,o vii go III tho direction
eleven cI,cn,lutIous nn,Nctl aI,oY: h,,t hr vii
lind their usu IL collie 10 "hnlnly" tint ile
Mi SOM i,e nble to kik Efs tfirtin,ary sffI
harder. ntut uttout mere MI spcinps' nyen to
Ills ntlo1ltion Of tIM 1--WE rifles lcft,re notcI
WIom iiu gcts SO fnr ~ Tint ll,iies In fl ycrv
l,isy. rr vcTy in.Iolsnt. NJ h,o iii hn ,ytl o.
10 Work nli iarn tEe fonetie nlfatet e1,d m re-. e.
ome,lt its i've 10 everybody els.
Al lin incrutipr al TIM revntt agnnst our
cu1nllrMs ft,ii,,MnteI ortl,onrafy-wi1inh rni,.
not 10 caei Il system, is it hicks oi tic
rri,nisffs III Il sysfaln~ti!e skoinrH. Tia men Il,
wio.m lsne,lnEa ia n ,untier If sn',cini st,,,,v
wer almost Wjlnnimils in their pposition to t.
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,ylMt ilntf rccNvt.i thu sanct{nn NJ lnnE ,,sonn
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tbnlr avn ni,tol,iosrniies ia Il wrr. IN thHir
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lie fnnst'SS 'S svst",n Nav T ho,vnwar INA" tha air.
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~ sin,,,|it}pI 0rtjiorrfV or tha man tvi,n NJ,
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turs ,i,t niont' of Enpiis,,. hs' XIX ~ va.
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c,nSnmc i, ns rnnITs nnssno" u ,r ny thon,
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for ri tho retention ~ aIlci"ut a;,usas' AHnfn
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