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English Spelling is Tuff to Change
June 15, 2025 9:09 am
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English spelling is messy to say the least, and a delightful new book by Gabe Henry recounts the long history of attempts to simplify English spelling. It's called Enough is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell (Bookshop|Amazon), and details efforts by Mark Twain, Ben Franklin, and Teddy Roosevelt to improve on how English words are spelled. This is part of a complete episode.
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