there have been movements to reform the spelling of the English language. Such spelling reform seeks to change English orthography so that it is more...
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many languages have undergone such reforms. Recent high-profile examples are the German orthography reform of 1996 and the on-off Portuguese spelling reform...
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alphabets limited to English do not belong here. See Category:Phonetic alphabets. Spelling reforms are attempts to regularize English spelling either by reducing...
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well-known patterns of spelling differences between the American and British varieties of English. However, English-language spelling reform has rarely been...
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occasionally been English-language spelling reform proposals, at least since the 16th century, but they have made little impact apart from a few spellings preferred...
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caused by English spelling's irregularity and to improve literacy and reduce learning costs, including through the use of spelling reform. The Society...
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Cut Spelling is a system of English-language spelling reform which reduces redundant letters and makes substitutions to improve correspondence with the...
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grammar, or spelling. Purism aligns the language with a form which is deemed 'purer'. Language reforms are intentional changes to language; this article...
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The Simplified Spelling Board was an American organization created in 1906 to reform the spelling of the English language, making it simpler and easier...
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communication English orthography – Norms for writing the English language English-language spelling reform – Proposed reforms to English spelling to be more...
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English Phonotypic Alphabet is a phonetic alphabet developed by Sir Isaac Pitman and Alexander John Ellis originally as an English language spelling reform...
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a large number of other languages throughout the history of English, without successful attempts at complete spelling reforms, and partly due to accidents...
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was an English educator, grammarian, spelling reformer and officer of arms. He is best known for proposing a reformed spelling system for English, which...
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Phonemic orthography (redirect from Phonetic spelling)
International Phonetic Alphabet. Alphabetic principle English-language spelling reform Spelling Morphophonology Orthographic depth Orthographic transcription...
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ISBN 9781405164252. Abercrombie, D.; Daniels, P. T. (2006). "Spelling Reform Proposals: English". Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. pp. 72–75. doi:10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/04878-1...
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Isaac Pitman (category English-language spelling reform advocates)
lifelong advocate of spelling reform for the English language, producing many pamphlets during his lifetime on spelling reform. His motto was "time saved...
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(Erroneous replacement of words by spellcheckers) Jejemon English language spelling reform Tironian notes, scribal abbreviations and ligatures (Roman and...
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large step in the English-language spelling reform, where the purification of language focused on standardising both speech and spelling. By the early 20th...
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William Bullokar (category English-language spelling reform advocates)
386-390 History of English grammars English-language spelling reform Bullokar, William (1977). Booke at Large for the Amendment of English Orthographie (1580)...
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SoundSpel (redirect from World English Spelling)
phonemic English-language spelling reform proposal which uses the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Though SoundSpel was originally based on American English, it can...
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African-American English American English California English Chicano English English phonology English-language spelling reform Hawaiian Pidgin Northern Cities Vowel...
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Noah Webster (redirect from American Spelling Book)
28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called...
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Shavian alphabet (redirect from Shavian spelling reform)
phonemic orthography for the English language to replace the inefficiencies and difficulties of conventional spelling using the Latin alphabet. It was...
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Simpel-Fonetik method of writing (category English spelling reform)
Simpel-Fonetik is a system of English-language spelling reform that simplifies the reading, writing, and pronunciation of words in English. It was created by Allan...
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Alexander Gill the Elder (category English-language spelling reform advocates)
an English scholar, spelling reformer, and high-master of St Paul's School, where his pupils included John Milton. He was the author of an English grammar...
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Traditional Spelling Revised (TSR) is a conservative English-language spelling reform which seeks to apply the underlying rules of English orthography...
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Irish orthography (redirect from Spelling reform of Irish)
Irish orthography is the set of conventions used to write Irish. A spelling reform in the mid-20th century led to An Caighdeán Oifigiúil, the modern standard...
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Ghoti (category English words)
Nicole. English-language spelling reform English orthography English phonology "The Chaos", a poem which demonstrates the irregularity of English orthography...
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Andrew Carnegie (category English-language spelling reform advocates)
Carnegie (1970), pp. 891–893. "Carnegie Assaults the Spelling Book; To Pay the Cost of Reforming English Orthography. Campaign About to Begin Board Named...
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Interspel (category English spelling reform)
International English Spelling, is a set of principles introduced by Valerie Yule that aims to address the unpredictability and inconsistency of present English spelling...
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