reformed spelling

American  

noun

1. a revised orthography intended to simplify the spelling of English words, especially to eliminate unpronounced letters, as by substituting thru for through, tho for though, slo for slow, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of reformed spelling

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

That standardization is interesting in light of another historical detail in this book that you write about, the role that the Dictionary People played in the campaign for reformed spelling.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

If this objection were valid it would be final, for literature is the highest use of language, and if reformed spelling means the loss of our literature we should be foolish to submit to it.

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman

No wonder that in his mature years he became an advocate of reformed spelling.

From Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography by Thayer, William Roscoe

For instance, he seems to have had no more success with a reformed spelling of his own devising than laborers in the same field who came after him.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

English, alphabets, 117, 118; book publication in 1913, 105; books, criticised, 38-43; literature as affected by reformed spelling, 149; poets, Hazlitt's Lectures on, 141, 142; romancers, of the 18th century, 143; spelling, 145-151.

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman