, 1881-05-14
ENGLISH ORTlIOGRAFY.
How It May Be Improved by
Restoring Many Old ..
Spellings.
Some Specimens Of Gross Violations
Of Anglo-saxon Etymology.

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Easto,i, a., {" Nta n FIX ~ ssi IL % 9Gitranr eeae
II has often bcc,, snitl Tint tho ,nost In.
postant Invention ever made Ia that OF aI{a-
l,etlc writing. Before that invention men
used 10 draw pictures for writing, or make
utller signs Of objects Or thoughts. and tl,ero
wer us nlny different signs as there wcr
words In the writing. Thu Termed wer nj
their Hives IortfinF to read. 1t Is now 10 i.t
Chinese. Ttls Invention Of nlfnbetlc writing
consisted In writing signs for the sounds Of
stn,krn lancunRc. T'heetrncntary sounts ar
fs,,, In NM, 1ong,,n,. tntrtv IN tiftv ~ ,no.,
~" , ~ WI - ,'.' ~ l,' ~ % 'r,,. ."ss'
anu may be leriltl IN q lew lloetfs rms saves
the labor Of Il lifetime. 1T Chinese u,ere ar
two languages. one spoken and one written,
viii, un hrIuf,,l c,,nnecttnn 1,otweon ti,an,.
racl, M hns IT, IN. iern,l ~ itae1f Whers % the
v si.n @ !, ,,o,,sa ~ . tncr w '1et ~ hi sme'e ,an sno
g,lagr, tho spoken language. Writing il oniy
n means t,f recording and transmitting II, and
in n ,vr, s..,t In ,,vseo a,ntiimy ,nav h, t.rnI
III lew hours.
In perfect nlfnttet there Ii ono Sign and
only nne fnr each elementary sound. One
who knows II can tel Mt once from hearing n
W." snI Isa.. NV " WINE ", a''a i.o"' "ce"'s
Wora HSaclly now 10 pronounce H.
Every one knos that the English spelling
II NOT pEnrEer.
What will, having beer, mkt mp b. Saxon.
SOrttatl, mud the Uane IN the frat place. and
Fr"nc,, AMI ,,,1.,1,,.r ~ ,snr,,a t-,,,,, ni
','' Isensa' ' a.M spl'tk,ht. , u! "osus 1roI1 ~
til'' rest u inanki'nl, what with having been
been the sport of m.daso,s. md professors of
lntl,, aud +: reai nr,, nrtntare, ,sovs fnr sar.
a.n.,n,,s % .v,,ta n.:", NV ,'a,,ao v .s,,atn
sta''o's. ",tle elcat c!n.,ses Vi p1omuhc,a-
tion wcr taking plnec al thru 1t, npseting the
hole gatl,,t of vowel sounds, we lay reacht
nj Inst tho worst snoltn0 In rho world f,na
cu,, never tel III EnEjisIl how to write d word
from hearing It, or fuw to pronounce {. word
from seeing it written. Tie written Language
is ii, ,,lnj,y respects different IallgRg,. from
tIs sfmlnyn X rr,,resnf,ts liza in1,ts,,"va nf
sot,, i,ast rrnernttnr. ar som furI,1. naiion
md ,I,ist 6e jernJi. e;.cil word by ITSELF With
little ilHip from tl1e sounds {Ye Jnake d
yrry fair nDpronch in cunIpicxity and tiffIl-
Guilty Ia uhe Chlncsr.
Our peuIu hny been fond of this spelling. or
# ri ieass pfsa;a ~; ( r. a I + $6sse IL set se%Si'k
having i spelling tlnt can1lot be spelt Without
kno1lg Latin, uscek. nIlti Frcrcil. md Anglo
Saxon, at,d u leasll ni otilor things BntsInce
and s liz Enks ii IaHake T las s' reaiy bsaux
Il sttiIiert ~ srjentitr sf,tdv. Mnd fha ierntui
symiii,r Il ff,,lui tn hc n,nstiv n hub,li, n
biuunicrs, tic time spcnt In lernlnE It Is seen
tn In nI,si,ri waste fnr fltc literary clas and
- ~ ''@" " r,.1n,,r, ~, tonrns. ~''''' ''''A
:. nonn' ..
Of e, the scant M sGlool.ttne Of tAe lep!e:
ny T',is ias1 as YEARS '"iS atr Mds
ocSn seI3 !ntiy snoNn up. 4Ac ain8uintac aa
scalo!afs IN Whose specialty o4r spelling !tcs
my spoken ouI verS 1teeiy IN fepfobauon
niA opJGfgntlon ol y; II u, III .iact: among
loren sc!l9!aEs ~ well rs onr own; ne oprp.
i1 bIaam OF EnEi.sn senoatship ll!.tefaey i is
also everywhere recognized ns ons OF the
inost pressing Hnhgefs 10 ire 1hstltftlons anu
10 a4 GMt,st,a ,sI,, oas asix ,,o a,ot 40 rha
rattls which y familiar to our generation
when @ a!iS gfeat nofal Wnfk IL 70 nc da lias
hgei, 81 n I'm, otlo1,: 10 Mssoc
Lecturers Or II tue flelti, .Conventl9ns, State,
katlona;, Intefnatlonel. s y! ns nela; Ile prss
ts appeald To, and d1c ctoTefnment: schemes
3f reform SWARM; But Is Is evident that if
the world moves ~ the regular grtH'vs anu
we have no cAtaclys!l. all etttctunl reform,
s,leh rs to Eiy Us talrly ,spelt at,gnaEs lske
uerna ttefa or opa"'so' VIII taSe several sehesa-
When tllls is said, however, It Is not in,.
leu that nothing I'm a,Y " none at ose. It is
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