THE NEW SPELLING AND ITS CRITICS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1676, 17 February 1913, Page 3

THE NEW SPELLING AND ITS CRITICS.

'The secretary of the Simplified Spelling Society writes as follows to tho London "Obssrar" De6r Siir, —In yur "Random" paregTaafs laast Saterdai, referens woz maid tu the Ivyu Yeer'z greeting which this' SoclotJ iz yuzing. "Whie shood the tu divurs vonel soundz In 'fuing'and 'diing* be represented bi the saim leterf'.yu aasc. I lieo tho spirit ovcwestionijig: thair iz an nhundans ot ilonp in th» Tferld and tu litl chalenjing. Bui ttw- cuTiiii, oui 1 fcoeem or spelins wnrcs within the limits ey tho present alfabat. Nou t!mir ar about 40 s»u»dz in English and litl o«rr haaf th»t nun'ben ot simlwlz tu du dyuti far them. We ar eompeld, thairfer, tu youi: rfiegrafoj i.e.. f*r the louj i seuni. 'Befor anuther T«u«l th» « mai, for teenemi'z inic, V» jiropt. Thus we riet "flio," tut "fliini." Tbo simbol iiz : yuzd'tu 'repr.ezent fh, short sound in it. 1 Whet «ur Sceom san acheef iz tliie:— "The British chiild taios 2,320 *urz tu lurn tu reei and spel with such fleconei and aourasi 'ft 2 ean be aowiord ki the German chieli in 1,503 ourz and 1»i the Italian chield in Mo ourz. The epeliai* Kseam or th» Simplified Sneling SosieM wood jvoot the British chielil on tho eaim level «z the Italian and tho diferens between 3,320 and 515 ourz eoodbn spent on subjects mor important." But lsjt this bo tu seerius for festiv ftTOoiiß. mai I conclud with tu vursez from "A Luv Tail ov 1893," and in convcnshonal valynzP A pretty made went out won day, "I'was in the summer "thyme, But at a stylo maid paws to say. "Ah, know! I cannot clime! "Then in the would suppose we wrest," 1 Sew I.uindo haste to say; "And when the son is in the west, Wed take our homeward-weigh." Yorz fnithfftli, SYDNEY WALTON, , Seerotai'i. Simplified Speling Soitaty