The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-04

frOIH u WOru en0lng in "e' silent,
"e' Is dropped when the dropping does
not suggest wrong pronunciation of
the word. Thus definite" and ''infin-
tive" become "definit' and "infinitiv,"
but finite and polite" are un-
changed.
From a word ending in "ette." "te"
Is dropped. as "coquet," "gazet," "cig-
| aret," etc.
From word ending in "amme."
me" is dropped in gram" "pro-
gram" etc.
In words in which the digraph "ph"
represents the sound of "f." it Is
changed to that letter, as "alfabet,"
"digraf." "filosofer," etc.
From n word ending in double let
ter. one of the double letters is dropped
when the dropping of the letter does
not suggest a wrong pronunciation of
the word, as "eg," "stil. ''til." "shal."
elias" etc. But the double 's' in "pre-
ceptress" is retained, because "pre-
ceptres" would suggest the pronuncia-
ton ''precepters." In "all," "ban."
etc, both 'l's" are retained to preserve
the sound of "a
From word containing the dipthong
| "ae,' "a" is omitted, when its omission
does not suggest n mlspronunciation of
the word, as "helth," "heth," "deth."
''welth," "stelth," "erth."
In word ending in "ed' sounded
like st." "ed" is changed to "t' when
such change does not suggest a mis-
pronunciation of the word. as "wisht,"
''heapt," leapt" etc. When there is
double letter before the led" one of
them is dropped, as "slapt," "mapt,"
hist" past" etc. The "ed" is re.
tanned in closed" "placed," "llked,"
etc. in order to preserve the sound of
the radical vowels.
In word ending in "ed" having the
sound of I'd" 'e' is dropped when the
dropping does not suggest a mispro.
nunciation, as in "reformd," "alarmd."
"charmd,' etc. The sc" is retained in
''proroqued." replied" etc, to pre-.
serve the pronunciation. When sc" is
pceceded by double letter one of these
is dropped, when the dropping does
not suggest a mispronunciation, as
''cald,' ''referd," conferd," etc. In
"willd,' "flld." etc. the double letters
are retained to preserve the pronuncia.
tlon.
Letters are also dropped from other
words in which they are not regarded
as necessary, so that given" though"
thoroughly" etc.. become respective.
ly ''glvn," "tho" and "thoroly."
Year after year the subject has at
tracted more and more attention from
the educators in convention, and more
speeches than ever have been printed
in reformed" spelling in the annual
reports of the proceedings. Melvil
Dewey, ex-llbrarian of the State, pub
lished all his official documents in the
modified form of the new method for
years before his retirement. Occasion
ally, various press associations took up
the matter. Hero are a series of reso-
lutlons adopted n few years ago at the
annual meeting of the Missouri Press
! Association at Sedalla:
RESOLUTIONS AS AN EXAMPLE.
Hweraz, the iregyularitiz ov Ingllsh
orthografi ar a great obstacl tn the
progres ov the pepl, and
Hweraz, silent leterz alone ad about
twenty-five per cent. tn the cost ov oil
rlting and printing, and
| Hweraz editorz, statesmen, scolarZ,
techerz and filanthopists thruout the
Inglish-speking world ar making ernest
Efforts tn amend and simplifl our spell
ing;
| Therefor, be it resolved by the Misuri
editorz in convenshun assembled, that
| We heartlli simpathize with the er-
nest Efforts hwlch ar being put forth
to simplifi Inglish orthograf, and
We will aid and encurej wun anuther
TIL begin and max such gradual
changes in spelling az ar recommended
bi the American biological Asoshia-
shun and the Spelling Reform Asoshia.
| shun.
1t is hoped that the republication of
these resolutions will not give Mr..
Carnegie reason to pause and consider.
1t is rather rough, however, who would
see English world language to be in
formed that the first thing necessary
is to change the name of that language
to English. New York Evening Post.
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