Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-03
PATHOLOGICAL REFORM.

The Geographic dispatches of Saturday
gave information of the issuance Of the
call by President Barnard, Of Columbia
College, for the formation of a language
club. Great changes are taking place in
our written methods of forming words. 1t
has been considered trivial matter by the
general public for a long time, but it is
now taking on a form that commands re
spect and promises very beneficial results.
With such men as Gladstone, Ten
nyson, Max Muller and the Oxford
faculty at the head of the Philo-
logical Society moving for reform in
England, and Barnard, March, Field.
Whitney, Child, Trumbull, Lonsbury,
Crosley, Hitchcock, Potter, Arnoux and
other eminent philologists working in the
same directionin America, we may expect
positive results upon a plane midway be-
tween the revolutionary schemes Of the
phonetists on the one side and the hard
shell intolerance of orthgpists and ETY.
mologists on the other. There can be no
question about our present system being
uneconomic, or that it binders and cripples
the educational progress of children in the
public schools. Last year the English and
American Pathological Societies of Eng
land and America agreed upon twenty-four
rules for amended spellings, and these are
Endorsed by some Of the most eminent
writers and scholars of both nations In
deed, We know Of no proposed reform that
has so much brain behind ii. These con-
sentative thinkers and reasoners have zone
SO far that the latest photographers have
been brought to amend the spelling Of
over 5000 words in common use and the
Government Of the United States has been
induced to publish history of the reform
through the medium of the Bureau of
Education. The further amendments pro-
posed by the joint action of the American
and English philologists have been for
warded to lis by the American society, and
We in common with leading journals, ac-
cord them space for reproductions They
are:
l. Drop silent when foucicaly useless, as in
Ere, riaegdTd, Lt.iere, bronze st6gC engine grafe
tUf-d Tdfqsd etc.
. Drop from "a having the sound Of {. as in
itott9-, leather jtgf0aS, etc Drop from "a hay
ing the sound OF ~, as in bcg7 b5GrkcH, etc.
, For beauty uze the old bcstN
l. Drop nom 90 having The sound of q rs in
yfNNrr1G.
B. Drop of parliament.
g. For having the sound of % in bat write %
in Gbouc abuvl. dozen. some sum- tyHgsc luunCl,
and the Ike Fog romen restore lrim,3i
:. Drop o from Ger having the sound OF 70. as in
journal 4o~iSF, iTosb'', rough trui1, tough ,tuD.
and the like.
s. Drop siIeut ~ after q before q, and in nativ
English words. a. guarantee guard. guess, gucst.
guild quit etc.
. Drop final In opo'o:ac, fafc'oqur. etc /:
RemaqOgVe, pedGgogac, etc; league. cDlcagur
hGraigte, tongue ltunS, etc.
10. spell rhyme rimc.
II. Dub conSonants may he simplifcd Final
b, d, q. u. IT. T. I = as in DO add en- inn piffr
but, baGi8. dfI- bus etc, mot GU, ham. Medal
before another consonant as bGtge, ripUlc. ART
ten (writu), etc. Initial unacceuted prctixes
and other uuaccented syllabS, as in aJjrcriIie
accuse. affair, etc, cttrrctfinq trGiclcf, etc.
l. Drop silent in boa,b. criugb. dtbt doubt
dumb, 1'alb, iimb numb, ptnnb, suite s0ccuab
thumb.
IS Change back to $ in cilidcr czpogcc fierce
hTcc. once, pence, scarce, SINCE source, nt,acc,
ticrce, Whcacc.
II Drop the h of ch in chamom7e. ciolcr
cholera. mddHct9iy, school. stomach. Change 10 K
in ache AXE. anchor (ankerl.
10. Change Il and el final 10 when so pro
nouuced as in crossed (cros), looked (lookt etc,
unless the Affects the preceding sound, as i'll
cbqtod, Glanced.
IL. Drop in tciqg. foreign SoJerciQB.
l.. Drop in dqadS. baTqh. ghost. Drop oh in
naughty. though tho, through thru. Change oh
to- where it has that sound, as in cough, enough
laughter, tough, etc.
Is. Drop in could.
10. Drop p in receipt
%. Drop 8 in ais'e, demcsne island Change :
to in distinctly words as in abuse verb, house
verb, rise verb etc.
p. Drop in scent, Scythc tsithel.
y, Drop as in catch pitch. ictcb, etc.
.. Drop r in ,csOlc.
u. Write ( for Dh as in philOS0phy sphere, etc.