Talk:English Spelling Society

message: Did 3ese include George Bernard Shaw? Ei3er way, he should be listed among 'prominent supporters' (Or does 3at better belong in 3e Reform of the Spelling of English entry?). Also, Sir James Pitman and hRH the Duke of Edinburgh. Etaonsh 08:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: H.G.Wells was a member; perhaps also Charles Darwin?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.100.250.217 (talk) 08:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Prominent Members?

message: There appears to have been a progressive decline in the fortunes of the Society. It seems to have started in an era of new century progressive optimism, with the support of numerous eminent persons, the cause declining, in the mid-twentieth century, into a vehicle for one or two Members of Parliament with narrowed agendas, until, now approaching its centenary, it seems totally lacking in wealthy benefactors and eminent spokespersons. (Perhaps this is also reflected in the membership figures? Unfortunately we will never know, as these, along with large sections of the minutes, have been lost). 
As with many such organisations and causes, one shouldn't ignore the toll taken by the effects of two world wars on morale, membership, and people's priorities, over the years. Even when sufficient time has passed for recovery from the effects of global conflagrations, the concomitant decline sets a negative precedent.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.86.123.67 (talk) 17:49, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decline 

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message: Should it not be English Spelling Society? I notice that the url spellingsociety.org is now redirected to englishspellingsociety.org and they don't appear to use the shorter title much in their web presence and their current aims document includes the word 'English'.
Their constitution statement is ambiguous as it uses the title "Spelling Society" but its first statement is "The name of the Society is The Simplified Spelling Society.".
More importantly, it has never (afaik) ventured into other languages than English so this longer title would be more informative. Chris55 (talk) 10:42, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
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