New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-22
BLUyDERS IN SrELLING.R EF0RK.

To the EdftOr Of me TrtbHhe.
SIR: The FoMetic Tichcrfor June, 1883, vol. w.,
No p hes 1cfOrc me-. TINS "o.lal organ u spchnH re-
form ma. he sn,f in official ana "of" = hn-
In organ" and refU .Tnp tStuding thai t claims
to phonetic have sign ANA oaiy One fo' eh
sound nnd represent tle fOunds ol the i2nglzu - 10
curately they noted ~ our bct Gctonaiie. bu
Worcester marks ihe 20" in 'of" with brcyc. ia Of
ncial" with point underneath, and IN "orean' aud
rneform aoOvp, denOiInG respectively Tao
short the obscure and the lrUgl sOaad o.. o. Webster
marks ihe "OY III "of7 with bIcyc. IN organ aud
"reform" .wlth a crcumHex anl leaves the 90" ~
"oficia" ununaraed; dcuotrg respectively tao shoF;.
the broad and the obscure SQUAD OF o. All the Engi-h
!cxicographers each WITH his own notation. agree.
On the very threshold OF th'r reform, the refornrr-
are false their prOfcsoffs m thcr wisdom ignoring
wellestablisbed distinction UNDER the plea IN II n IS not
wise To altciap be severely accurate and nj The SANE
time claiming an exaelness WHOA every page OF tAfr
publication bee'. The ioarlh.ligG OF their Or<in reals
"Enteri AZ tai st. Post Ga cund cas ma e"
Tic italic cas reprcscntsA reform Type Ihc
same 80" is IN "otce" n post" In the same paper
lind these speungs; ]. COMMUNICATING" ., lit
clOoded :" 3. "satHrda" l'a" as IN "fdte.D twice; a.
Nunda," ('a" ~ In "fate" J.; ,, "sOOr' dor " sT -
g. "hesiar.-y" T. - anser" aud "anscr;" =. "tempta-
shun; o. "cuIsODia;" 10. "hcrJ;" II, "OlOD, past
OF blow -; ~ "aut" 90 off,. The tig etterr roprc'
sent "rclorm types" For tre In "inol0o1ed" hnd
one type; The ia soDr another; bOih represent
ing the sound OF 90" in food" the long sould Of
100" t....s..
MOL q bander from the notion that there n In
the long u; that tabe for instance is tyubc" Nos 2,
and IL buDders from the notion that our long ~
the German long Nos and are bnniers from pure
ignorance OF the fact that the proper sound OF the hna
vowel Is that OF In cit" No 5is atypoeT aphcal
Such throughout all the OF tue
reformers; 1t Ia too much TO expect them handle
sounds and types at the tune. No. ~ Ignorance
again. the first slOad be No IN example of the
wonderful diversity OF spelling aud among
the refOrmers. Iht hrst happens 70 he according To
tife Is All accdeht. No is pfe ignorance; there Is no
sound OF III tcmpation IN any VI the dcriVasyea
Of Tempt" nor In tempt" itself. No 10 IA pure ~
norancs; tie letter Is used by tiese pseudo
| That Of G In "her; but the e In "Meroli"
aas no snch !s,opndi the word Is "Moroll" IN
furrow, etc, winch me refoi1ntrs generally nispro
nOuncel No. IL Is monsrosty, probably Matched from
some misunderstood remark OF Worcester 10 his preface
commenting OF the fooshness Of those VINO try 10 ay
/ uses other examples.
] 10 is astonishing 10 see what "eonfusjou vo,sd
confoundea the reiormersafe making Instead OF doing
al what they ought what they pr,fess fo
be doing tsow a tpc script for every SOUND in
the ianguase) they make shift with twenty thirty
tWo thirty or any number OF letters less han enough
write II "u" InispronouDce whole cassee Of words
judged ny the standards tfey acknowledge; are on AL
sides Of ali questions concerned and keep puierng ana
nkering and quarreing, submit no alpha.
bet 10 the judgment OF the world Yet they have a,nr
conceit ~ their work Challenge the world produce
better aphabet THAI that whicn they print The s1sue,
OF Matthew, and ig the charge of uorance agnst al
criticism. "Conso0rnd" "approoy" and "po0rtect0
appear IN the paragraph must take baek
the allowance OF "soor as Typographical error IL is
Booaas6uro, Penn, July S, 1888 "A"AN"