Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-07
new SPOILERS
are OUT AGAIN
New York Deard Makss Fourth A..
sault on Old fashioned Methods %
orthoara phy-Many Bindings Rudsly
strippsd-seheel 10 Now "seeeL'
Bluff 10 Now "6iuf"

serippsd-seheei 10 Now "seeeL"
Bluff 10 Now "eiuf."
The simpli6ed spelling board issued
recently in New York ito fourth assault
On English rs it has been written for
some time and makes suggestions and
Jules that will give the old fashioned
spelling book severe shock. The at
tempt Is made to break the list gently
to the public. but IN so doing the board
Is forced to use this sentence:
THE reader IA urged In considering
these new spellings not to be too much
'inluenst' by the cd appearance Of
the words"
Therein is illustrated one Of the most
unkindest cuts of the new list. for the
words ending IN need and ''rsed" are
to be written by the followers of the
new spelling in INST" and "rst."
In giving out it's list the simplined
spelling board is considerate enough to
follow the ancient order Of the alpha
bet. The combination CHI Is the frst
to suffer. and the is annihilated
Thus chaos" is set down to be spell.
ed "caos," character" is ''caracter."
chorus" Is "corus" Eco" Is not a
foreign word. but is the familiar echo"
and the place where We learned the
things we are now urged to forget -
not SCHOOL" but "scool."
The x Hss Bad Luck.
The Oh is retained before e. and l..
Words like Chemist" architect" 'or-
70 ina -
they have been.
Next the ending ck is attacked. The
rule is to drop the after an mistress
ed vowel 1t is noted that the final k
has already been dropped by our an
cestors in many words that once had
It. This applies to all words like der
rick ''haddock." hammock" sham
rock" and even ''knapsack" and 'haver.
sack" The simplitication OF many
monosyl liza b!es ending in OK is postpon-
ed by the board until the derived
forms are agreed upon. Thus people
will continue to get sick and not
sic" and can lie comfortably ON their
backs" 6 :he morning and not have
to do with "bac."
A change OF wide effect Is that of
dropping the dnai g after single con.
sonant preceded by short vowel OF
By any stressed vowel whose sound Il
not conveniently associated with the
silent fnaI e. This makes strangers OF
such old friends as have" which he.
comes "hav." and live" forgive"
"missive'' and even ARE" gone" and
were"
"Hsart" 10 Broken.
gether and are pronounced as long a
before r the rule is to drop the e. This
rule literally breaks the heart and
leaves It hart" Hearth" become
'harth."
Final ew. which appears in many
words like blew" grew" chew"
| and threw" IL changed to II. SO the
simplif'ed spoilers will write. 1.-The
wind blu" When 1t comes TO conju.
eating verbs ending in ew. like brew
they are undaunted and will say. Il
bru' and then II brned" and Il have
brued." Simpli6ed spoilers who have
been accustomed to Chew" tobacco
will now simply ''chu" 1t and confess
that they ''chued" It
Another is lost in words ending in
ey as an unstressed syllable which
| sounds like y. Attorney" becomes
"attorny." and donkey" is "donky.'
| This will affect turkey" trot by max
ing it the ''turky" trot and possibly
raising it in the eyes Of the simpliied
| spoilers.
Then there are to be no more q end
| ings. One t is considered enough
! American blur will be American
"bluf." and the "gruT'' man who gets
in "hun" must simply be ''gruf' and
have hui" The law suffers here de
cidedly with the plaintiff" only plain
| tif" and the sheriff" falling to ''sherif. u
Oh Becomes r.
| Where gh Is pronounced as I the
board rules that it shall be written Z
and where gh is silent both letters are