{"product_id":"enough-is-enuf-our-failed-attempts-to-make-english-easier-to-spell-hardcover","title":"Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabe Henry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does the\u003cem\u003e G \u003c\/em\u003ein \u003cem\u003eGeorge\u003c\/em\u003e sound different from the \u003cem\u003eG \u003c\/em\u003ein \u003cem\u003egorge\u003c\/em\u003e? Why does \u003cem\u003eC \u003c\/em\u003ebegin both \u003cem\u003ecase \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ecease\u003c\/em\u003e? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has, at one time or another, struggled with its spelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo why do we continue to use it? If our system of writing words is so tragically inconsistent, why haven't we standardized it, phoneticized it, brought it into line? How many brave linguists have ever had the courage to state, in a declaration of phonetic revolt: \"Enough is \u003cem\u003eenuf\u003c\/em\u003e\"? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answer: \u003cem\u003emany. \u003c\/em\u003eIn the comic annals of linguistic history, legions of rebel wordsmiths have died on the hill of spelling reform, risking their reputations to bring English into the realm of the rational. This book is about them: Mark Twain, Ben Franklin, Eliza Burnz, C. S. Lewis, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Darwin, and the innumerable others on both sides of the Atlantic who, for a time in their life, became fanatically occupied with writing \u003cem\u003ethru \u003c\/em\u003einstead of \u003cem\u003ethrough, tho \u003c\/em\u003efor \u003cem\u003ethough, laf \u003c\/em\u003efor \u003cem\u003elaugh, beleev \u003c\/em\u003efor \u003cem\u003ebelieve, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003edawter \u003c\/em\u003efor \u003cem\u003edaughter \u003c\/em\u003e(and tried futilely to get everyone around them to do it too). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry takes his humorous and informative chronicle right up to today as the language seems to naturally be simplifying to fit the needs of our changing world thanks to technology--from texting to Twitter and emojis, the Simplified Spelling Movement may finally be having its day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978220306733,"sku":"9780063360211","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/VSIDqVf8K9780063360211.webp?v=1775801093","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/enough-is-enuf-our-failed-attempts-to-make-english-easier-to-spell-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}