New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-14
LETTERS FROM THE PEOpI.e
SPELLING REFOgN
A rnorEsr AoAI.s 81 rmE tMsINe M.Nn :.
1iNKEmNG rHf rNGLIsH LASGUAog. :"

PROTEST AGAI, ST THE FXIsIISG MANI. -
IiNKEmNG THF ENGLISH LASGUaGg.
TO the Editor Of The Trtbuae.
SIR: would like TO see formed an assoe,.
ton having f. members PLEDGED u support anv -
ication attempting tointroduce the so-cai Ell spiiro
iOrm. II would not be surprising If Toe comn,op -
OF the majority were 10 take some such practical az
non in protest against this now folly, espcualy ~.
number OF words arc already being eaIcIopped aosa,
erwisc deaeed showing that II the evil IL 10 be 80,
IN TIE bud, now Is The time 10 do 10.
Any person 8 all accus Oined TO writing II via -
pretensOn 10 exaetncss. must know the luooDver.,
Of unsettled usage in resnect 70 spelling aud pu,.,s
ton There are many bunGre0s Of worts TIA, -
spelled somCtimes one way ana sonnet mes ano.|
causing perpetual hesitation ana Annoyance :,
author OF useful little book IA proofreadef and ts
fore good practical authority on The suhieeD M
very seuslbIy Were there common and aetso~'
edged auihor to which printer. publisher No.,
reader ana author could appeal the eve. TIE pen MAJ
press ouId be relieved II much useless laborp A..
yet face OF all tiis. st OF vagerisis Iroin,..
uusetile everything. to destroy What honty eY,
ano rcdGce the written language 10 stare o. cao.
even Josb Billings never dreamed OF. We have AZ n.
ent a standardso lar ~ 10 eOc--wnca l. Iec0gsiz.s,
authoritative. Surprising That authority De retDov
" lat ~ To be set up IT'S place T. some eln,rs,,
biologist" spells "p1llOOgy" alth aq ~ "a,
should not htt!e Johnny spell " cakes" and eide.
with "k " and an "s"i Aud a. thc doctors VIII
sIre 10 differ, We shall have many r'y Of sDel.
as there are shades Of complexion Ouce open he su
10 Innovations Of THIS ORDER and hey 70 eaa,
Having destroyed photography why sGOula etymOo,,
or syntax be respected since all are alike msiiers a
growth and usage unscicutnc ana equally ODnoriou.,.
me puIlO OglsJ II the avn engineer order ttrllhy
wOuia Simplify maiteJs II We could hay such e0mpsr
sons uf a4lrctyes - gOOds eOOdei good -" H. Dae,
O rTe ulir JHee. In the Sauo ~ "ul IRREGULAR Ven,
might DE- altered, by l4g mat al pas, tenss. ana
IA ,siye paItic pes snOuid en1 IA - en-" even senE
somrflrs see H. burst Dur5ted, bur-ied" lie gresi
obj clun the tune % takes 10 AGA are our aHOua.gs
t,gsle woua speedily disappear under wsoss,a
imp OYcineuts. In syut.& 10, "nat PROMISING snt
attractive field IL spread ucIOre m " 1gsI' kan
posing, for instance Tue trouDIesolne rule, :" ven
must agree. etc.," cOu,d be dom awy with, Wal IA
..Oun Of labor aud learning NUM- De saV-u; pe-
pie WnO NOW Offend the pfopTitti could ,JoG The a
ary Of prIyat. standard n ter O~n, just much a.
established autDOrily - that OF snyD dy else
VII NOT tOucu o. TIE ntiMcutai aspect OF tie srh
iecf ur tue tenn cal lncUHy cnlsnccs rtsI g rm IL
plOpo--i change. There l. aA,neI -ler t'oa abtA
Il some WEIGHT, Inc luEllsa ia. uage
est.i1shinx tne character VI unlte.salty. 10 te 4
COmmO medium Oi cvmIn tdioh, nus be unitIm
ana now can cUutDu, A. ID s To bt &c thc neIcy Of
Ana .uru the cIaDge begun, Wutro H. h 20 stppt
Ana sII everybody every Where ddop al tn cha0ses
prOpYhc.. /! want pictuge o., Orignt, fOfoCs
ld.OmatIc tongue, lc rs Keep our Isu-Al ts II L. NJ
uOuDt It viii change ia process o tl1, DGt I'D tide
"slowIy down
From prcc dsut 10 Freedom"
To say that school BOYS and girls cannot learn mai
ANA write English a. is, Is cOuiess that tleY lar
not tne III ciec,ud caiDt, ui thc' J.. Icce,ssn
wnutu-g ven Or0I.aIy educational ad'ania ges-ls
" lAfcc Il were MOI suppose" to present i"aapsNte
XIV l,ice To everyone who gets a rafer OF magazus
WIN al the most Common words B. pea alG 'Acs
mo a 1. miisr AMI III. gLtly -nLpes Is 20 Niie IL
pu4li-or: Please sop uy paper iAl yol hsfe eard