The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-08-30
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TO-DATE SPELLING
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Bailey Of Britt Tribune Writes Letter
y Depiorine Use Of SO many Let !.
tiers in Simple Words.
EFFeM,hAELy SPELLED FMNsLE
Asks to Have Committee Appointed to
Squeeze Novels from English
Language. Means Trouble
Mi dere Serle:


Mi dere Serle:
I've thot til matr ov speln oyr, and
as want be up 2 date bleve lie
uze the fonetik stile b4 long oltugethr.
1t is sum ezer on my tiperitr. | WOE
mad bcoz mi CURL spelt coming"
"kumn," an u no l neyr WOE Cumm-
ms man. But ez sed, its shortr 2
spell that wa.
I've none sevrl men that wontd tn
run fer offs b4 nou hoo lost thar
chantzs bi ritin thar announcement in
fonetik stile, but that kan b remed-
i'd bi staten 2 the publik that it is the
latest out & that he is bound to in
stile if he don't la up sent.
Whot is the uce of speln such words
ez "effeminately" with so meme letrs
when kan spell it "fmnSle" just eZ
wei? Why spell it usually" when
"uzle" will b shortr? & save hat ov the
letrs? Benign" has six letrs but 'b9"
does just as vel. Thar lot ov sayin
whar tipe kosts IS sents pound, u
don't ware out so much ov it. "Opiate"
is a long wurd, but "opS" is just as
good and then thar are ol2gethr on the
tiperitr.
| wantid my girl to rektiti this speln
along modrn Inns but she deklind. She
SEE she kan spell tire stilz akordn 2
the very latest leksikogrifrs but not
fur printn. Thar no dobt in mi mind
that sevrl stilz viii KUN handle in the
batl ov life, fur if wun fales the uthr
will surl hit the mark. Thar ben sum
trubl in techin pupils spell korkle,
but this plan viii in mi judgmnt obvS
this difikulte heraftr.
no meny edjuktd men, men hoo
stand high in thar profeshn hoo alwaz
hev uzed the fonetik stile. l have
tokt with them on this subject and
tina oil sa that speln il onle matr ov
taste and Xpdnc. | uzed to no some
boiz & gurls hoo got krosid tryin to
look sidwaz lords the he'd oy the klas
when we stod in klas and speld
doun. Sum ov these made falur az
klurkz & are nou perfesrz in kl0ej and
lilly estemd in the relms ov langwij
Tha oil stuk fonetik speln & are getn
good pa.
Nou wont IL 2 korekt oil mistake in
speln in this letr akordn 2 modrn usej,
and return it so kan commons 2 get
mi papr out in modrn stile don't want
2 train along blind in 1851 want
to b rite in line with the thurobredz.
meny ov our proferz are takin a
short kut 2 oil kinds ov COLES. Sum
ov the wa slam up wunz hey made
themselvz notorious bi asker kwesch-
uns that tina kant anser themselvz
after tina get kold.
l askt loyer hoo kan spelbind a
hole skolbord, 2 tel me hoo Lucy Gray
wuz & he sed "hoonelz Lou c. Graz"
wen tutlu lclcIL dSh d hWcSCuuh lila
have thar fingers in the leves oy a
box in thar coat tale poket that haz
the anser in it, but tina don't ned
box 2 spell akordn 2 the fonetik stile
& thatz the buty ov 1t
With kind regartz fur ure helth and
hOpen 2 II soon,
am yures trule.
E. n Bala.
P. S. Don't think it wud good
plan hev komite apointd = skweze
the vouls out ov the Inglish langwij?
Tha are the menes oy much truble in
speln, also make law that no wun
kan uze the letr | more than unct a
time than insted ov uzin it tire times