The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-09-04
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-.,tfn- acted with that haste which
r,.rizcs him. and ii * = question
.,.er nc has not hy his action hin
rather than helped ans worthy
n~-re IN ! language that has grown
-s simpliaed itself with the years
I'm. hss,or. ~ the world and Of ths
t-.rula~cs shows that there is in all
.t.-s i gradual change ia many ~
words new ones coming in. old
na~ofnc away. time rubbing OF
r,,toh edges or others. Just - the
DDS and me waves abrade the rock
..ta An its hardness.
Il, the list Of three hundred words
-.an af,t fa~ Sirrliied spelling there
many that are already IL use in IN"
simpler form. Instances IF tneS" are
.t.1 words as aIb0r. aTdoI. ~. bark.
behavior. bIeSt. brazcn. Candot. clue.
~maanor engvefooedia. faNor.tc.
~aaE-bv. honor. jail neiChbor. oder,
yafar. vigor. wagon. wooden. and 50 on.
rarhaps q hundred and sixty in all.
. which do rot offend the eye by in"lf
written form. being in the accuS-
Z toned dress which eNcitcS no sun
mise. ne 14ldi-'% NAtAhAA -.
,na-e words If more or less common
,f-. in America have been gradual
ones and hence they ave been &C
ccrtable ones. but when at one com
. mand 4 people are called upon 10 it-
form. OF simplify. as great a number
Of words as Mr.. Roosevelt desires,
there is opposition to be expected.
some few years ago reformed spell
. ing was discussed before the North
carolina Teachers Assembly at More
| head City. and an effort was made to
commit the teachers of the State to
the reform spelling movement pul IL
failed. though many Of the il'SI
eminent teachers IN the State Spohe
in favor of 1t and voted TOR the fe5o-
luton, the opposition To TINS having
among its staunchest supporters PfeSi-
dent Shearer, of Davidson college,
who at that TIME iaade an adaIeSS on
the subject which few VINO i'dlo MIN
will ever forget, because OF the lao'-
oughness and ablllty with when lie
handled the subject.
II the spirit OF lnhoNd'loh IL 'Ho
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changes 8iuo '"o 20 "
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II Is coiiillohlN doceP'e" thd' wei
eut'ca'eo persons HaNe d No-
cabulaly of some 5000 to
1000 words, while an unedu-
In the KING James version OF the
Bible there are less than 5000 d1f1Sr-
n words used II the PRESIDENTS
MS oioei appioNeu ps - peopio'
~" u ~ nc VII ny
OO''aihs ~ a'Neu id'o' ~"
hiuoih u u 'iSuaSe VIII NC iei' III
- No0h hoii
blctlondry Words make a 1earluly
long list ana erybo knows or un- /,
derstands the meaning of many words
Whlch they never use, and which are
rarely seen in print. The full number
OF words, including words used in the
arts, manufacturers ard
technlcal matters which are probably
used bE authors reach TO over oo,ooo
while IN Norcesters unabridged there
are 10000 words, in Webster's una
bridged, 11S,0o0, in Webster's Inter
national 100000, in the Encyclopedia
10000, or with compounds 250,00o,
while the Century Dictionary and It's
Cyclopedia of Names and Atlas, has
450, 900, of these 10, 600 are with the
Atlas, and Il number nearly as large
with the In so vast q
umbe of words S1mpllfied spelling.
II applled at one time, would create
1 no havoc ana destruction ~ u pNclnn.