A history of mad attempts to fix English spelling
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English spelling is broken. Often the letters we write down on the page bear little resemblance to the words we say out loud. Many attempts have been made to fix this, by medieval monks and American presidents. So let's investigate some of these attempts and find out why they failed.
Can English spelling be fixed, or is it doomed to remain nightmare for learners? Let's find out.
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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:22 The problem with English
1:26 Orrmin the monnk
5:24 N4mbers for vowels
10:13 N8mbers for everything
12:35 Noah Webster
14:29 Benjamin Franklin
15:11 President Theodore Roosevelt
17:00 Why change failed
14:48 Is spelling changing?
19:55 Should it change?