PROPOSED SPELLING REFORM: A BOLD SUGGESTION.
The London School Buard (says a Home paper) has taken the initiative in a movement the aim »>f which seems to be to introduce the system of phonetic spelling. A crrculat- has been sent round to I'rovineid V-i ■ anU «hflaring that in the opinion of the London Hoard, a great ditiicnlty is placed in tiie way of education by ot:r pre.vut method of stpettin ■;, and that it is highly desirable that the (iovefnui.nt shotrtd be moved to issue a IloVal Com-mis-trnni for the best tnannt-r for reformi.ig and s'nupUfytng it. County llf.ard.-i are ashed to uuiti-r in a joint iv-ptv-sentitiou to the Education Department ou tiie .rabjee". There e,.ti be no doubt that our method of sp. !hng is a trial souu-tinies even to men of education. T.ie pounds are often v->pi'k by a perplexing variety of combinations t ,f letteis, wlvite fretp'tenfty the written word seems to have no .v.ivt of n;U ural relation to tiie same word as j-poken. We siy nothing of proper nanif-s. T;.e yagari s of spelling and pronunciation ;uv m taesr cas.- bewildering in t';e extreme. >io man, for tnsfauc >, could, by the mere li dtt of reason, ever make " I* « eh-.m out. of neaue'.amp. or '' Tdare' b;u.ks" orit of }..f;H'ji'i'ii'i!.r.k~i, or •- Maum-ring" out ot Where our un-cuod :s nally troublesome is in the sp diitig <i word's of eoniteott -..nd i very. La.v its.-. Take, for exauipl-.--. thos*- v. :.ie'i Utmtleiie I"; " OU';::." In iae!l of tl.i words ••bougg' *•* nough," -*e »ttgb." an. l , "through."'tiie combination has a tint- rent s-mud. T..eu there arc sr.eh vvor..s as •• rt etivc " and " believe "—e trio dties of tiansjio.-dcion in the coltoeation of letters whic'i have bet n tatat fo the auiihti.ni -»f p>-ob;ibly thousands of eandida'is for .-[ledilig- Ue>: eouours. The auoue-Jies ot i ue prtSetit uietiio.l are sulliel-ntiy pacetit. bu-". wie. te.tr t icy ee.n be cured by a roved c uiuuisei. >u is « v. ry d bat ible p;»:ut.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 278, 14 March 1877, Page 3
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332PROPOSED SPELLING REFORM: A BOLD SUGGESTION. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 278, 14 March 1877, Page 3
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