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    Wednesday, October 10, 1934
Daily Nebraskan
Pago 5
TV T H
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pave way
motions oj letters
t new word krafc
here's only one problem with q's and avoid combinations like With the new method, it kori
theEnLh language every- ph, gh, ie, ei. After all, they are all spond3 with the word "succeed."
thing is spelled wrong. pretty useless.
For years, friends, teachers,
Drofessors. (and esneciallv mv Now, I dont want to offend the
grandma) have nudged me about founders of our modern alphabet,-
tl . Vti si's lnn 1 a vAnln .4 lv I.
my spelling.
ess
Kerns.
Soderberg
I responded with jutted chin
when push came so shove:
but c's kan be replased by k's or s's
and kw is a logikal replacement
for q's. The letter T kan replase
ph and sometimes "gh." When
gh i3 used in words like "thought,"
the kimbination kan just as easily
be dropped.
Once the letter V is disposed
of, the T before "e" exsept after
"c" rule is eliminated. Therefor,
ie" and "ei" kombinations really
QtJut rememoer, tne letter "s
proseeds the last three letters.)
All this kan sound komplikated,
but it's really pretty easy. We just
need to clean up our word kraft a
little bit (like skratching out "ea"
kombinations too). I think sound
less letters like "k" and "e" ar
ekwally awful. No what I meen?
Laf at mee if you want, but at
leest I won't maak mistaks when
spelling words lik "fish."
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I don't spell badly. I just spell aren't nesessary. Whew, that's just
differently.
But I have not been hardened
to suggestions. A friend told me I
should spell "fish" "g-h-o-t-L" It
made sense to me. "Gh" as in
"tough, "o" as in "women " and "ti"
another rule and it's million
exseptions we writers won't have
to deal with.
A problem is kreated tho when
"ie" and "ei" are diskarded. What's
w t-, uunc i l 1 1 lung c auu 1
as in "nation." I took his suggestion sounds? Simple. Use a double
and then discarded it. I have my for long e's and double "i" for long
own system. i's. This also solves the problem
I rarely spell words with c's or exseptionofthe word "supersede."
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