13 MAR 2015 by ideonexus
Inconsistent Spelling-to-Pronunciation Rules Inhibit Educ...
Since the bulk of human knowledge is recorded in
books, one of the first steps in the education of the
child is to teach him to read. Told that each separate
letter, or group of letters, printed in his primer or
reader represents a spoken word, the child, being
gifted with reason, expects to find an invariable re- lationship between the sound of any given word and
the letters composing it. He soon discovers, to his dis-
may, that no such invariable relationship exists.
Unreason in Sp...
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13 MAR 2015 by ideonexus
Phonetic Orthography in Spain and Italy
Fonetic spelling, in one form or another, has been,
and is now, used by progressiv teachers in England
and America as an introduction and an aid to the
study of the current orthografy. Their experience is
that children can spel correctly that is, fonetically
the words they ar able to pronounce, as soon as
they hav learnd the alfabet employd, and the principle
of combining letters into sillables.
In languages such as Italian and Spanish, that hav
approximately fonetic alfabets, appro...There is a cost savings that comes with reducing the number of years spent teaching spelling.
13 MAR 2015 by ideonexus
Phonetic Spelling Saves Time and Effort Through Fewer Let...
Simplified spelling means shorter spelling. Of the
32 Rules printed in Part 3 of this Handbook, 27 drop
letters from words as now speld; 3 involv trans-
positions of letters to reconcile conflicting analogies;
and 2 involv substitutions of one letter for another,
with the same object. In no instance has the Board
recommended a change involving the addition of a let-
ter to a word. Further simplifications wil result in fur-
ther abbreviations. A completely fonetic sistem of
notation, ...13 MAR 2015 by ideonexus
Spelling Reform Requires Competition of Spelling Options
The first condition of rational progress in spelling
reform is that persons who know, or who think they
know, how words should be speld, should recover some-
thing of their former freedom to spel in accordance
with individual judgment. Only in that way can there
be a wholesome rivalry of forms with ultimate survival
of the best.
The Board does not expect any one to adopt a spelling
that, to him, suggests a pronunciation at variance with
his usage.
Those whose temper moves them to ...Not everyone hears or speaks words the same way. Let variances of spelling propagate and have the public adopt that which seems correct by consensus.
