Simplified Spelling.
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
GREAT NEED FOR REFORM. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyiuohtl Times—Sydney Sun Special Cables. (Received 8 a.m.) London, January 0.
The Simplified Spelling Society met in the University of London. Professor Gilbert Murray wrote :—"My belief in the need for spelling reform yearly becomes stronger. Instead of using the alphabet effectively according to some simple scientific system, we wander in the chaos of traditional rules as >omp!ieated as they are inconsistent." Sir William Ramsay, presiding, said if there was a ride in modern pronounciation and spelling, English would bo adopted as the universal language.
Professor Ripman urged that it was important from an Imperial standpoint that their fellow-subjects in Australia and Canada should have some standard.
Dr. Wesley Mills, Canada, advocated an international conference to be attended by delegates from all parts of the Empire and the United States. A resolution was adopted declaring English as the standard speech to be clearly defined and requesting the Board of Education to summon a conference for the purpose.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6, 7 January 1914, Page 5
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168Simplified Spelling. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6, 7 January 1914, Page 5
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