Embed Notice

Spelling reform once had major backers: Roosevelt, Carnegie, Mark Twain, and the National Education Association all supported it at different points. In the early 1900s, it looked like English spelling change might really happen.

Roosevelt even ordered the U.S. Government Printing Office to use simplified spelling in official docs. 😮

Words like "though" became "tho" and "tongue" became "tung." It lasted … about three months. (2/4)