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  • Advocates Push for Simpler 'Spelling' open this site in another window - Article examining the groups for and against simplified spelling, a reform spelling system that uses phoenetics and promises less hassle for children and increased literacy rates. Historical supporters of simplified spelling include Andrew Carnegie, who helped create the Simplified Spelling Board, and President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • Aussie in America: Spelling open this site in another window - An Aussie expat muses about the spelling reform movement and the things it did and didn't accomplish. He examines the influential leaders like Noah Webster and Andrew Carnegie, 'the man who took the 'e' out of judgment, while a member of the Simplified Spelling Board of the early 20th century.
  • Children of the Code: Simplified Spelling Board's 300 Spellings open this site in another window - List of 300 words that U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt designated for use in government documents in August 1906. Lists simplified spelling next to the traditional spelling for words such as addrest (addressed), dasht (dashed), and vext (vexed).
  • English Spelling Reform open this site in another window - Arguments and links in favour of reform.
  • freespeling.com open this site in another window - Campaign that advocates a return to the flexible spelling of the English language.
  • Mapping of Alternative Notations Onto IPA Phonemes open this site in another window - Relates different solutions to the alphabet problem to the International Phonetic Alphabet
  • UK Simplified Spelling Society open this site in another window - Organisation promoting spelling reform. Educational materials available for purchase.
  • Space-Age Literacy Unlimited open this site in another window - Materials that combine phonics and whole language approaches with new characters.
  • Spelling Reform open this site in another window - Information about different schemes and some famous supporters of spelling reform.
  • Unifon open this site in another window - Project proposes additional characters to the current alphabet.
  • Uniform English open this site in another window - Proposes new spelling rules and logic for English.
  • Yntrodxkshxn tu Nuspelynh (Introduction to Newspelling) open this site in another window - Introduction to newspelling, a spelling system based on American English.
 



 
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