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Spelling Reform Continues: Theodore Roosevelt
02:36  - 3 years ago
In the summer of 1906 U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt issued a presidential order to the U.S. Office of Government Printing to adopt simplified spelling. The resulting fiasco is still felt today as our children struggle to learn to read our code.
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