Periodicals>Journal Article: Franklin, Benjamin (Jul 20, 1768), "Benjamin Franklin to Mary Stevenson" Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Yale University Press, vol. 15, 173b, Retrieved on 2010-11-30
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The English Alphabet will Become Like Chinese as We Lose ...
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Folksonomies: phonetics
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If we fail to reform our spelling to maintain its phonetic value, words will become purely symbolic, like Chinese characters, no longer representing sounds and only communicating their semantic content.
