| Show ALL 4 WANT ANT GOOn GOOD SPELLING G. i I r r. r I Scientific lilt Phonetic Principles of I I I ii id i'd s 's c From E. E Smiths Smith's The Th SI Spelling Spell Spell- llin ll- ll in jag ing Reform In lii time the June Century It H Is true rue that lint time the only really good good spelling is phonetic it is un 1111 fort fortunately t true tue t that hat on our r orthography though not wholly Is from the true phonetic point of or vl w little tittle less than a a. nightmare but hut it is also truo true that to reform It phonetically would necessitate a radical transformation transform atlon allon of ot the great majority of oC the fa fn- fn forms fonn of ot English wor words s be le- cause It would involve extensive al alterations nil nil- of or the thc alphabet L To say as some do that this alphabetic betiC recon should be bo th thc end rather than the beginning a a goal al to which a gradual approach may be he made machi made mac is hi only to recommend ml the substitution of f prolonged confusion and anarchy p for tor a Quick and sweeping revolution But Dut that the great mass mas of English English- speakers who aa ns Prof Lounsbury has said have havo lost the tho phonetic sense will consent to lo give up at once or 01 gradually gradual y through a a. transition period of or vexatious contusion confusion their ortho ortho- graphic habits their theli prejudices and the their r convenience In order that their spelling or that of ot their grand dren may assume a form COlm which from Crom its strangeness seems to them hem ut ut- ut repulsive Is a supposition which cannot be entertained unless one ono relies ro- ro lies lie upon the ta scientific accuracy of oC one ones one's a principles more moro than upon ones one's knowledge of ot human nature The rue full recognition of ot this fact by uy the thc Simplified 1 Sp Spoiling Spelling Board noar i is 13 what chiefly distinguishes Its and makes it a D. practicable mUl and hopeful on one All of or Its belS probably heartily believe in the pho pho- phie- phie principle they may expect or hope bope that some Bome time lime It may be bo e cm cm- cm bo bodied in English orthography but they are arc agreed cd that It mu must t be ordinate ordin- ordin ate to other practical In iii any reform for tor which It h is reasonable to worl voi They have havo not the standard 1 or of the thc earlier revolt but they tave 1 the point of and nd the plan ot of campalO This should 1 be distinctly by all who arc interested In worl and plans |
