Feb 29, 2008
Something Like A Phonemenon
An early attempt at creating a “perfect” ortography for English, from 1846. Needless to say, it failed on both technical and social grounds. The ortography was far from perfect, and the author’s “most sanguine expectation that it will meet the entire approbation of the public, and be speedily adopted” was never satisfied.
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