The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-03

"a work not worthy Of the cheerful ss2-
port Of all mans. rich aat poor aifksf ~
seem 20 improve everything else. bu. Ian
guaxe shies for ITSELF"
perhaps I. would become mere euphonious
when re rot better acquainted win -
OF the rides laid down she following ex-
angles win srfscs 70 gtve . general Aea
Of the system:
An verbs excepting shan. WIN. can.
larry BY using the imperative form for the
presen. tense. adding the termination ZEN
instead OF .'ed'' for The past tense For In
stance: I come. present: conen. pase:
study. l studyen: give. gfren: Be.
been This u al right. there Is no rea-
going or he has gone"
Among the other rules the following suf-
hcienfiy explains the general purpose, Q
use Of Saxon words being recommended:
Verbs TO have no extra infections for
person or number. Far example: b.
\
have. thou have. he have We have. you
have. they have.
Piurais Of all nouns - be formed BY edd-
Ing . or e. For example: man, mans,
lady, kiys; radius. radiusea
Poeeexive of singular nouns % b
formed by adding instead q 8; of paurai
nouns by adding o. For example: mano
hand. instead Of mans hand; manos hands,
instead os mems hands When the noun
ends In an sound. an Is inserted for
euphony; snowno whifenesA for snow's
wh!teness
Adject;ves fsxcepting more, most, ins.
leaso to be compared regularly. For ex-
ample: easy. easyer. easyeSt: gcod. soodss
coolest.
In all negative der1vative ad1ectives. un
20 replace the various other forms, such as
In. II. dis. etc For example: Impossible,
anlegaL unagreeable. unregular.
Tho next step is TO apply phonetic
rules. not carried ont arbitrarily, but
preserving uniformity, In spelling in
harmony with the rules already laid down.
Tho following Is an example:
de learner professions. hn bi de only
persons hu read old books. melt continue
to study de- old languages for information,
as de row study greek or latin. lawyers
melt quote modern english TO IL court long
after siInplyfyen english bIen introducen,
as bacon quoten norman-french long after
modern english had been voten In by par
lament. de most valuable books in all
branches vud soon bi translator into II
new language. editors, ministers and teach
ers kud begin TO employ it new language
at any time. after IT government had
anctionen IL, so as to produce uniformity
and respect for It new tongue old books
vnd bi s.afyen only by do learner people
for Inform"
II the professor stopped here there would
be some hope OF carrying out his plans, but
he goes further. and proposes a system OF
a5breviation which is as poor economy as
abbreviatlng a telegraphIc dispatch so that
1t becomes uninteillgihle to tho receiver.
He gives the following as an illustration:
i CT hm mr. jones Dir brown Is
am. h rm hr''
The English OF this Is supposed to be:
II cannot go home to see Mr.. Jones and
DR.. Brown this afternoon. for I have TO
remain here" This sort OF thing would
soon bring any polite language to ruin.
although II looks like faithful reproduc-
ton OF the slovenly manner in which many
people talk. Mr.. Molee says It has taken
him thirty-two years TO perfect this sys-
tenn. but we cannot consider that his time
has been devoted to very practical rur-
pose. Altogether the sort OF poetry we
might expect from this language would
be based entirely upon the system of
James Wh.tcomb Riley. or Of the follow
ing. which recently appeared in the New
York Sun:
William Henry Schlamahead, the boldest
Of his race,
Stole in behind the Ze,tgeist TO acceIer-
ate his pace;
stole In behind the Zeitgeist to acceler-
ate his flight,
And iurged against the Zeitge,st's hack
and pushed with all his might
The Ze!tgeist Travelled on his way.
wrapped in eternal peace.
And no one saw his rate of speed percep-
ubly Increase"
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