Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-09-03
SPELLING REFORM
Story of the New Phonetic Spelling
and the 500 Words Which Have
Been Adopted BY the President.

house shall be printed in akordance
with the rules of Mr Karnagi's
komite.
If you should see something like the
foregoing, or anything else that looks
like an extract from the late Josh
Billings Almanac, don't pass it by
without careful examination just be-
cause you have prejudice against
the humorist's way of spelling 1t
may not he Josh Billings writing
the chances are that it will be an i'm
portant communication from Secre-
tary Leob, or message from the
president himself.
The official recognition of the re-
formed spelling is the greatest
triumph achieved by the committee, of
| which the eminent author and student
of language, Professor Brander Mat
thews of Columbia University, is the
head, and Mr.. Carnegie, the patron
saint.
The spelling reformers believe that
victory is already won, and as soon as
the 300 words which have been re-
formed and which are included in the
presidents order to the public printer
are thoroughly digested by the read.
ing and writing public the committee
will have another list ready. And so
the work will be pushed until the
method of spelling English words-in
| the United States, at least-will as
closely approximate phonetics as our
limited alphabet will permit.
1t will save millions of dollars in
printers bills. The reformers figure
out that nearly >one-third of the letters
used in spelling English words are
unnecessary. This means that one
third of the money paid to printers for
setting type is wasted; one-third of
! the paper used in printing books and
newspapers is given over to dead let
tiers, and one-third. of the ink bill of
the nation is a contribution to ancient
|
Not only is the reform urged as an
economic measure, but as something
calculated to sweeten the character of
the men and women of the future.
1t is expected that all the govern
ment departments will follow the
presidents lead, and that all printed
matter from the big shop in Washing
ton will be in the reformed orthog-
raphy.
Some of the Words.
The list of reformed words which
have already been adopted, and which
is only the beginning of the revolution
/ in spelling, is as follows:
Abridgment, aecouter, accurst, &C.
acknowledgement, addrest, ADJ, aff1xt,
altho, anapest anemia, anesthesia,
anesthetic, antipyrin, antitoxin, apot-
hem, apprize, arbor, archaeology, ardor,
armor, artizan, assize, AK.
Bans (not banns), bark (not
barque), behavior, blest, blusht, braz.
en-, brazer, bun, bur.
| CALDER, caliper, candor, chapt,
check, checker chimera, civilize
clamor, clangor, clapt, claspt, clipt
clue, coeval, color, Golfer, commixt,
comprest, comprize, contest, con
troller, coquet, criticize, cropt, crost
crusht, cue, curst, cutlas, cyclopedia,
carest (not caressed), catalog, cate
chize, center.
| Dactyl, dasht, decalog, defense
demagog, demeanor, deposit, deprest
) develop, dieresis, dixie, dipt, DISGUST
dispatch, distil, distrest, dolor, domi
ell, draft, dram, drest, dript, droopt
dropt dulness.
Ecumenieal, edile, egis, enamor
encyclopedia, endeavor, envelop, coli
an, con, epaulet, tivate, ether, etiology
exorize, exprest.@
Fagot, fantasm, fantasy, fantom
favor, favorite, fervof, fiber, fxt
flavor, fulfil, fitness.
i Gage, gael, gelatin, gild (not
sulld), gypsy, gloZe, glycer1n, good-by
Igram, gript. 2-. - ...'s..,.%- -.
| Harbor, harken, heapt, hematin
hiccup, hook (not hough), homeo
patty, homonvm, honor, humor
7 husht, hypotenuse. ~. r.. F..
1dolize, imprest. instil.
II Jail, Judgment -+.sg,. 49,.
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Labor, lacrimal,, lapt, lasht, leapt
llegalize, license, licorice, liter, lodg
ment, lookt, 1opt, luster, e-e.a@ j.
Mama, maneuver, materialize
! meager, medieval, meter, mist (no
. missed. inter, MKT, mold, molder
! molding moldy, mott, mullen.
Naturalize, neighbor, inter, nipt.
ocher, odor, offense. omelet, op
Iprest, orthopedic. 5 s. 8 Il. sa 81 VA;
Photography, paleolithic, paleonto
i logy, paleozoic, parafin, parlor, parti
zan, past (not passed. patronize, ped
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