The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-25
The Famous 900. "

New York. August 24.-On June IS last
the simpliied spelling board made public
a list of 300 simplified spellings which had
been decided upon by the board. The list
is as follows:
Abridgment, accouter, accurst. acknowl-
edgment, address, adj, affxt, altho ana
pest, anemla. anesthesia, anesthetic, anti
pyrin antitoxin, apothem apprize, arbor,
archaeology ardor, armor, artizan, as
size. ak.
Bans tnot banns), bark mot barque). be-
havior, blest, blusht. brazen, brazier, bun.
bur.
Calibre, caliper. candor chapt. check,
checker. chmera civilze, clamor, clangor.
clapt. claspt, slipt, clue, coeva, color,
Golfer, commixt compresr, comprise, con-
fest, controller conquer. criticize, cropt,
crost. crusht, cue, curst, cutlas, cyclo-
pedla, carest mot caressed), catalog, cat
echise, center
Dactyl. dasht, docalog, defense, dema-
gog, demeanor deposit deprest, develop,
dleresis, dixie. dipt DISGUST. dispatch. dia-
til, distrest, dolor. domfl. draft, dram,
drest, dript, dropt, duness.
Ecumenical, edile, egis, enamor. encycio-
pedia, endeavor, enveop, eolian, con,
epaulet. eponym, era esophagus. esthetic.
esthetics, estivate. ether, etiology, exor-
cize, exprest.
Fagot. fantasm. fantasy. fantom favor,
favorite, fervor. fiber, fxt, flavor, fulfill.
fulness.
Gage. gael. gelatin, gild mot guild.
gypsy, glaze, glycerin. goodby, gram.
grpt.
Harbor, harken, heapt, hematin, hlc-
cup, hook mot hough), homeopathy, ho-
monym. honor, humor husht, hypotenuse.
Idolize, lmprest, instil.
Jail. judgment
Kist.
Labor. lacrimal. lapt. lasht, ieapt, le-
galize. license, lcorice, lyter. lodgment.
lookt, lopt luster.
Mama, maneuver. materialize meager,
medieval, meter, mist mot missed). miter,
MKT, mold. molder, moldlng. moldy, mott,
mullen.
Naturalize, neighbor nitre, nipt
ocher. odor. offense, omelet opprest.
orthopedic.
Photography paleolithic, paleontology.
paleozoic. paraffin. parlor. partizan. past
mot passed., patroniz, pedagog. pedobap-
tist, phenix, phenomenon, pigmy. plow,
polyp, possest. practice. prefix, prenomin
prest. pretense, preterit. pretermit prirne-
val protest, program prolog. propt. pur.
Quarter, questor, quintet
Rancor. rapt mot rapped), raze recog-
niz, reconnoiter rigor, rime. ript rumor.
Saber. saltpetre, savior. SAVIOR, scepter,
septet, sepulcher, sextet, silvan simitar,
sipt. sithe, skilful, skipt, slipt. smolder.
snapt. somber, specter splendor stedfast.
slept. stopt, strest, stript, subpoena, sue
cor sufflxt sulfate sulfur, sumac sup
prest, surpris. synonym.
Tabor, tapt. teazel. tenor, theater tho.
thoro thorofar thoroly. thru, thruout,
tipt topt. tost. transgrest trapt tript tu-
NOR.
valor. vapor vext. vigor. vizor.
Wagon wasn't, whipt, whisky, wilfui,
winkt, wisht, wo, woful woolen wrapt
London Press Makes Comments.
London, August 25.-President Roose-
velt's resolution to adopt 300 or more
words of Andrew Carnegie's reformed
spelling in his message ano executive cor
respondence is commented upon by the
newspapers In London this morning n
anything but a sympathetic spirit. The
Standard bluntly declares that the Pres
ident's overrates his powers, and adds
that II declines to believe that scholarly
and cultivated Americans will sacrifice
the history and meaning of the language
by adopting the Carnegie jargon.''
The Daily News points out that II
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