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  2. English-language spelling reform - Wikipedia

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    Spelling reform faces many arguments against the development and implementation of a reformed orthography for English. Public acceptance to spelling reform has been consistently low, at least since the early 19th century, when spelling was codified by the influential English dictionaries of Samuel Johnson (1755) and Noah Webster (1806).

  3. Spelling reform - Wikipedia

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    Czech: The spelling of the Czech language was reformed and regularised as early as the 15th century through the publication of the manuscript Orthographia bohemica. Danish: There were spelling reforms to the Danish orthography in 1872 and 1889 (with some changes in 1892). In a 1948 reform, the Danish language abandoned the capitalization of ...

  4. Simplified Spelling Board - Wikipedia

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    In 1920, the SSB published a Handbook of Simplified Spelling, which was written wholly in reformed spelling. [20] Part 1 is a brief outline of the history of English spelling and the attempts to reform it up until 1920. Part 2 presents the arguments in favor of reform and replies to the objections that are commonly made.

  5. List of language reforms of English - Wikipedia

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    SoundSpel (previously Classic New Spelling, New Spelling, World English Spelling) 1910–1986 Various Basic SR1 (Spelling Reform step 1) 1969 Harry Lindgren: Basic The Global Alphabet 1944 Robert L. Owen: Replaced The Opening of the Unreasonable Writing of Our Inglish Toung: 1551 John Hart: Extended Traditional Spelling Revised (TSR) 2021 ...

  6. Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet was Benjamin Franklin's proposal for a spelling reform of the English language. The alphabet was based on the Latin alphabet used in English, though with several additional letters that Franklin newly invented.

  7. Language reform - Wikipedia

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    German (1901/02) – unified the spelling system nationwide ... Turkish (1930s) – language and writing system were reformed beginning in the 1920s, ...

  8. Armenian orthography reform - Wikipedia

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    Later on, many objected to the reform, asking the restoration of traditional Armenian spelling. Ch․ S. Sarkisyan's requested to correct the mistakes of the 1922 reform: “Armenian spelling now urgently needs the elimination of the mistakes made in 1922, that is, the abolition of those changes that were introduced into the alphabet”.

  9. Traditional Spelling Revised - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Spelling Revised (TSR) is a conservative English-language spelling reform which seeks to apply the underlying rules of English orthography more consistently. [1] It was created by Stephen Linstead and chosen by the International English Spelling Congres (IESC) as the preferred alternative to the defective English orthography in ...