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Theodore Roosevelt and the
Great Spelling Reform Initiative
of 1906
Great Spelling Reform Initiative
of 1906
August 27, 1906: On this date, President Theodore Roosevelt directed Charles A. Stillings, the Public Printer of the United States, to use 300 simplified spellings in all the executive-branch documents printed by his office. The documentation for this characterically bold initiative is here made available online for the first time.
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The Mysterious "Executive Order"
To contrast the president's lucid and manly views with the obscurantist sophistries of the Dark Lord of Lexicography, click on the image of Dr. Samuel Johnson:
Click here Spelling Reform Links
Various Schemes to Reform English Spelling
Famous Dead People Who Have Promoted Spelling Reform
Fiction, Nonfiction in Reformed Spelling
Spelling Progress Bulletin Samples
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