The simplification of English spelling : specially adapted for the rising generation : an easy way of saving time in writing, printing, and reading / by George Harley.

  • Harley, George, 1829-1896.
Date:
1877
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Credit: The simplification of English spelling : specially adapted for the rising generation : an easy way of saving time in writing, printing, and reading / by George Harley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Object, a thing. Gout, a disease. Desert, a wilderness. Lead, a metal. Sewer, a plaintiff. Wind, air in motion. Object, to refuse. Gout, taste. Desert, what one merits. Lead, to conduct. Sewer, a drain. Wind, to twist. And many, many more such examples could be adduced in support of the assertion did it seem necessary to do so, but there can be little doubt this list will be deemed more than ample. It will be seen, too, that in craving for the abolition of duplicated consonants we are not seeking to do a thing that will make the lan- guage one whit less logical than it already is. On the contrary, we dare venture to opine that, were every duplicated consonant swept from it to-morrow, the language would be more simple, more logical, and more beautiful—easier for our children to learn, easier for ourselves to write, and much less troublesome to our foreign friends. Moreover, in thus desiring the aboli- tion of duplicated consonants, strange to say, we are but seconding the efforts, and seeking to shorten the labors, of “ Old Father Time ; ” for he, after his own peculiar fashion, has, during the last three centuries, been slowly, but surely, doing the very thing which we are anxious to do. This statement is easily proved, failed to stand the test of close scrutiny. A