Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-12-17
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my bible" does no, transpose the digraph
| in ceiled. Does yours. Mr.. Editor Had |
| not known that the editor is one Of the best
| spoilers in the county, ! should have con-
| cuded that ''cieled houses" was an "srror of
! the types" but as it sand the error
/ twice repsated--I did not know what TO
make Of it. But you have explained. |
I am not satisfied. however, with the phonetic
| spelling of the word. Advantages gained
/ in one direction are more than lost in anoth-
! er. S-e-l-d would have to stand for ceiIed
and sealed. and there can b. nothing ceiled
/ that cannot he sealed, therefore, the useful
/ ness of the word ceiled would be practica ly
4 destroyed, and the word sealed considerably
/ damaged.
7 If | happen 20 read from a newspaper
/ that the Moquis Indians of Arizona live in
seld houses. ~ha, am | to understand if
/ there are no further explanations in the
/ context9
I A sealed house according to Webster is
one ''close shut" and a ceed house is one
/ with an Inner roof covering"
I Verify. verify, this nonde,cript language
I OF ours is si4nner made up as it is. for
augh' know, from fragments of every
language sp7 ken since Adam, and interpo-
LATED with slang words coined BY street
gainins. and all hu,tled together 10 one
bundle and labeled, The English Ian
euage -
The rules for phonetic spelling would
lessen the number Of WAYS a word could be
spelled by the learner. bat there might as
wei! be dozen ways to spell a word as two.
because wswou!d be Obliged to learn one Of
the two or dozen. The vowel sounds do so
blend that no rule can be made 10 perfectly
apply % The phonetic system Of spelling OF
any other. and a rule With exceptions is
certainly nuisance. f.. and can IN
m,ny Instances. be used by the learner in
/ tsrc' angeahly, c. <. penny, PENN, pcnue;
also and " as oent for went also u ana
" es over for our y-u is the correct phon-
etc spelling Of you. While e-u would answer
nearly as well. and can see no reason ~hy
the i cannot be compelled to stand alone for
Yourself" as well as is obliged 10 stand
for "my.elf"
But neither this peculiar blending of the
yowe. sounds, nor the silent letters have been
my greatest enemies in life have been
ofienest knocked out" and placed 10 humil-
at,ng postures BY the double letters. 1t
has been only about fourteen months since
have been able to spell the word balance
With any degree Of certainty Of being cor
rect. am happy 70 say howe YER, that
conquered till, lntiI, primer and wagon in a
fierce encounter several years ago, but
suppose the vast main body Of that well
conditioned army Of double letter. will con-
: tinue 20 anoy--no annoy and hlras- no
narras no -bayrass -no-harass me as
long as live, and no system of spelling,
nor "faies" for spelling can render me
much assistance The phonetic system
vouid gobblr up few hangers on, or doubled
terminals and the double e. and double
o'-, hu, for certsin euphonic reasons, could
make bat little impression upon the main
"kolium kolum" Of the enemy.
CLANS, il eu-ya oil-wil At the skurmi,h
-'kermish skiGmish lin ov the advansng
hosts then a, smal boldly -boly.ov the
hlak rebbeis-rcbe.s ad-arrad in hwit
-kot,n and linnen-linen al drilling
drilling bel,o -belo the BELONG -bo.loins
karnon kanon' planted on the iner-inner
part os the spelling spelling box. X
a Kind of printing type.