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IN your note last week on the United States Spelling Reform Report, there is a slight misapprehension. It is said that the result of adopting a phonetic spelling will be the break-up of the English language. This is quite erroneous. Phonetic spelling simply represents pronunciation, and if the phonetic spelling of London English differs from that of Colonial English it can only be because the pronunciations are different; that is, because the language has already broken up. On the other hand, if the pronunciations are the same, the spellings will be the same, and I fail to see how an identical spelling in London and Australia can bring about a disruption.
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FENTON, J. Spelling Reform. Nature 26, 366 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026366b0
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