English spelling has been chopped and changed by countless scribes, printers, invaders and others since the Roman alphabet was first used to write Old English during the seventh …

A comprehensive reform of English spelling could take English, in one step, from being the worst spelt of all European languages to possibly the best. The costs of the reform would include any …

SPELLING REFORM The planned alteration of the established alphabetic WRITING system of a language so as to remove or reduce elements taken to be sources of confusion and difficulty in …

Starting around the middle of the 19th century, some reformers began working in tandem or in small coalitions in Britain and the US, and in the 1870s organised efforts began for promoting …

No language mar and spelling within the framework of classical currently in use completely achieves this goal, Greek and Latin. As dictionaries were developed, although some approach …

Samuel Johnson’s dictionary came out in 1755, and one effort at planned spelling reform since that time did take hold to some degree – Noah Webster, with inspiration and encouragement …

Feb 17, 2016 · Spelling reform began at least as early as the 12th century, when the unknown author of the Fyrsta Málfræðiritgerðin (‘First Grammatical Treatise’) adapted the Latin alphabet …

Traditional Spelling Revised (TSR) is a conservative English-language spelling reform which seeks to apply the underlying rules of English orthography more consistently. [1]

Lytspel is a proposal for reforming the English spelling in order to establish a predictable relationship between written letters and spoken sounds. Lytspel (for «lytwait speling» or …

Noah Webster's Spelling Reform Noah Webster was struck by the inconsistencies of English spelling and the obstacles it presented to learners (young and old alike) and resented that …

Common motives for spelling reform include making learning quicker, making learning cheaper, and making English more useful as an international auxiliary language. Reform proposals vary …

Use a browser extension to reform English spelling. The extension changes traditional spelling to an improved spelling. Reform happens organically as people become familiar with the new …

Jul 6, 2022 · Any spelling reform is a great shock. Perhaps so, but quite a few countries have instituted such reforms and survived. Spelling is a window into the past: beware of cancel …

Spelling and punctuation before the 16th century was highly erratic, but the introduction of printing in 1470 provoked the need for uniformity. Several Renaissance humanists (working with …