i8/j.~ The Future of the English Language. 38J 



Spesimen ov Ingglish Glosik. 



OBJEKTS. 



Too fasil'itait Lerning too Reed. 



Too maik Lerning too Spell unnes'eseri. 



Too asinrilait Reeding and Reiting too Heerring and 



Speeking. 

 Too maik dhi Risee'vd Proanunsiai'shen ov Ingglish 



akses'ibl too aid Reederz, Proavin'shel and Foren. 



MEENZ. 



Leev dhi Ould Speling untuch't. 



Introadeu's along* seid ov dhi Oald Speling a Neu 



Aurthog'rafi, konsis'ting ov dhi Oald Leterz euzd in- 



vai'rriabli in dhair best noan sensez. 

 Emploi* dhi New Speling in Skoolz too Teech Reeding in 



boath Aurthog'rafiz. 

 Alou* eni Reiter too reit in dhi Neu Speling oanli on aul 



okai'zhenz, withhou't loozing kaast, proavei'ded hee 



euzez a Risee'vd Proanunsiai'shen ; dhat is — ■ 

 Aknol'ej dhi Neu Speling konkiw entli widh dhi Oald, 



Mr. Melville Bell's is probably the most philosophical 

 system yet invented for the representation of vocal sounds, 

 but its chances of adoption as the vehicle of English are too 

 remote to need more than passing allusion. 



Various other schemes, more or less thorough, have been 

 devised for remedying the defects of English orthography, 

 but none of them have attained the same importance as 

 Mr. Pitman's proposals. The immense circulation of his 

 shorthand has had the effect of familiarising the public 

 mind with the theory of phonetic analysis and repre- 

 sentation. For a generation he has spread information on 

 the subject, and gathered round him a band of devoted 

 adherents and disciples. His system is now the only 

 system of phonetic English which has any chance of 

 success. There is a yearly-increasing literature printed in 

 it, and it may be hoped that the present national feeling in 

 favour of education will aid its promoters against the present 

 education-hindering system. 



It may appear a sweeping change to alter the form and 

 aspect of the language, but the change is by no means so 

 violent as it seems. Changes in spelling are constantly 

 taking place, but they are alterations which come about by 

 hazard and without system. 



If other nations have succeeded in reforming their ortho- 

 graphy, and we know this to be the case with the Dutch 



