Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-26
SPELLING REFORMS.


considerable interest ia manifested IN
inc various propositions ior spelling re-
lorm' MI Carnegie has recently eN-
pressed we opinion mai the diiiiealtles
OF spelling the English language form
scrlous obstacle To It's adoption az
universal medium OF exchange OF
tnought' IT, ne argues, II were as easy
10 epeh as II Is to speak, 1t would
speedily become the tongue OF the en-"
Tire world WIN one language, TIE
world would naturally become more
peaceaDle' since Disbursements through
misunderstanding would be practically
impossible As an apostle Of peace
thcrefore' ne helioyes II ms mission 90
reform the most glarmg defects M Eps-
ilsh spell and thus aid IN the spread OF
the universal peace ide@
me argument IS hardy solid. Ing
lsh' Notwithstanding us aWkWnrd
spelling Is constantly spreading
throughout the world, II is spoken,
more or less, Throughout the British
dominion, and the countries Of north
and South America. 1t is being taught
IN the schools OF Russia Germany,
France. japan, China and India. The
Egyptians are learning English, and
so are the South Africans. Australia
and New Zealand are English. We
can very wei believe that the time viii
come when every school chld IN the
world Will know some English, and
when one familiar with that tongue can
travel all over the world without an
Interpreter. So the spelling has nO'
been such n serious drawback It IS
extremely doubtful whether the phon.
etIo cenglomeration OF letters would
have made II more Of q success.
But for all that the spelling ought 20
be simplihed. our alphabet is at once
deficient and redundant. II has too few
letters for the forty sounds that should
be represented. and yet II has letters
that are entirely supernuous.
The alphabet came from the PNoe-
! nicans. It is thought. These selected
20 signs out Of a vast amount OF pie
tqre signs then tn existence, The He
brews, Greeks, Romans and Anglo
clans and made such little changes aud
additions as they thought necessary.
ne Greeks changed Tour SYMBOLS INTO
yowels, discarded three letters aud in
vented five new ones. The Romans re-
,,,r,a 80, a,soa,i., a.. -.
az" = CIV wy
IN, and some others, WINE they IN
vented the H." The English modihca-
t,on cors,ats chIeav IA tho os,ab,,sh
:, =, ..,,o 49,, an A..
nleN' Oh '"c use VI anu j. anu '"e
elimination of long s. A natural be'
B'hilils AT tnls 'i'ne vi tle sHhpi'nVa-
tlon OF spe''ihg would De the eiI'n'na-
uoh OF "a anu H. ana Tue addl'lor'
OF convenient signs Tor Tn ana "sh'
ana perhaps other frequently recurring
sounds together win the dlscard'ns OF
useless silent letters lnat would NC
long strlue ioi'Varu' o'her Steps
would FOLLOW
me 'rouple with most advocates OIL
spellihs reform Is mat they expect too
mueh al az once a contributor 10
colorado eNchahse gives tle ioi'o"lhH
business let'er as an Illustration o.
no" EhRlish Woulu pe written accord
iig TO MS simp'ihed rules OF spelhns'
Deer Sur:-Al hav bin sob unfor.
tounayt ~ too loohS maj anoual pa,
,.oer A. doo not ,yont II rsenoud 90 -
probable vii hay noh Gus for IL; but a
fcer Il may iawl lntoo lmpropur nandz
a.u Wy tap.'r nsm.,a, suu li'a. 40,
oIisurz too hay II taEyn IN hwen pro.
sented
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