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

But at what point in the history of English literature would reformed spelling begin to work harm?

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman

He discusses the morals of the game of chess, the art of swimming, the evils of smoky chimneys, the need of reformed spelling.

From The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters by Perry, Bliss

All the degrees of reformed spelling now in use are professedly but transitional.

From The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 by Various

I have commented elsewhere3 on this scheme of reformed spelling; it appears to us today to be theoretically quite creditable, at least as far as the consonants are concerned.

From Magazine, or Animadversions on the English Spelling (1703) by Abercrombie, David