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Oh, now I understand why he wants to free up spelling. Note on his opening page he gives six words which he says only 17% of the English-speaking population can spell. Clearly he's not in that 17%, because he spelled "accommodation" as "acommodation".
[edit]Oh, he was using it as an example. A deliberate misspelling.
One of the reasons it was so difficult to learn to read prior to the later 19thC was that spellings were inconsistent, and in fact the same person would often spell the same word several different ways in the same document. Okay for the writer, not so hot for the reader.
The guy is nuts. I have no patience with people who want to make things more difficult while pursuing the stated goal of making things "easier".
It's a wonder the editors of the OED haven't sent out a posse to lynch him! They wouldn't have to go far, would they?
Oh, and Bob, sorry to hear about your attempt at suicide failing so dismally. Better luck next time!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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