Gabe Henry

Respellings of words, but I think over time what these dictionaries are trying to do is reflect language as it exists in its current state and as long as

Respellings of words, but I think over time what these dictionaries are trying to do is reflect language as it exists in its current state and as long as

spelling continues to simplify in our informal communication i think that these uh language authorities will try to reflect that and i think you just have to look at the long the long arc of it the long timeline 200 years from now i would probably be surprised if we're spelling in the same exact way we're spelling now i would tend to think that it will become simpler and shorter.

spelling continues to simplify in our informal communication i think that these uh language authorities will try to reflect that and i think you just have to look at the long the long arc of it the long timeline 200 years from now i would probably be surprised if we're spelling in the same exact way we're spelling now i would tend to think that it will become simpler and shorter.

spelling continues to simplify in our informal communication i think that these uh language authorities will try to reflect that and i think you just have to look at the long the long arc of it the long timeline 200 years from now i would probably be surprised if we're spelling in the same exact way we're spelling now i would tend to think that it will become simpler and shorter.

These are actually the only remnants of successful spelling reform. These come directly from Noah Webster. So Noah Webster had tried to push these radical extreme reforms in 1789. And these are words, like I mentioned, laugh, L-A-F, love, L-U-V. He even had the word tongue spelled T-U-N-G. And they all failed. he realized that they weren't going to work in a practical way.

These are actually the only remnants of successful spelling reform. These come directly from Noah Webster. So Noah Webster had tried to push these radical extreme reforms in 1789. And these are words, like I mentioned, laugh, L-A-F, love, L-U-V. He even had the word tongue spelled T-U-N-G. And they all failed. he realized that they weren't going to work in a practical way.

These are actually the only remnants of successful spelling reform. These come directly from Noah Webster. So Noah Webster had tried to push these radical extreme reforms in 1789. And these are words, like I mentioned, laugh, L-A-F, love, L-U-V. He even had the word tongue spelled T-U-N-G. And they all failed. he realized that they weren't going to work in a practical way.

So 20 years later, as he's putting together his Webster's Dictionary, instead of pushing for these extreme reforms, he selectively incorporated some of his earlier simplifications, words like color and honor without the U, or plow and draft spelled without the British GH, which it continues to use today.

So 20 years later, as he's putting together his Webster's Dictionary, instead of pushing for these extreme reforms, he selectively incorporated some of his earlier simplifications, words like color and honor without the U, or plow and draft spelled without the British GH, which it continues to use today.

So 20 years later, as he's putting together his Webster's Dictionary, instead of pushing for these extreme reforms, he selectively incorporated some of his earlier simplifications, words like color and honor without the U, or plow and draft spelled without the British GH, which it continues to use today.

And once his dictionary became widely used, these spellings gained legitimacy and ultimately shaped American English as we know it today.

And once his dictionary became widely used, these spellings gained legitimacy and ultimately shaped American English as we know it today.

And once his dictionary became widely used, these spellings gained legitimacy and ultimately shaped American English as we know it today.

The word donut really came about in the early 20th century, 1920s, 1930s push for simplified spelling in advertising, which was really just a way to catch the eye. And Dunkin' Donuts

The word donut really came about in the early 20th century, 1920s, 1930s push for simplified spelling in advertising, which was really just a way to catch the eye. And Dunkin' Donuts

The word donut really came about in the early 20th century, 1920s, 1930s push for simplified spelling in advertising, which was really just a way to catch the eye. And Dunkin' Donuts

one of the first large national chains to use that spelling d-o-n-u-t rather than the way more complicated d-o-u-g-h-n-u-t it caught on from there so that's an example of where advertising is influenced by the pop culture and then in turn influences the pop culture

one of the first large national chains to use that spelling d-o-n-u-t rather than the way more complicated d-o-u-g-h-n-u-t it caught on from there so that's an example of where advertising is influenced by the pop culture and then in turn influences the pop culture

one of the first large national chains to use that spelling d-o-n-u-t rather than the way more complicated d-o-u-g-h-n-u-t it caught on from there so that's an example of where advertising is influenced by the pop culture and then in turn influences the pop culture