Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1881 — Fonetik Reading. [ARTICLE]

Fonetik Reading.

The komparison ov the fonetik method ov reading with the old romanik iz almost Kk the komparison ov evrithing with nuthing. In the fonetik sistem wo kan read eni word we f£nd with perfekt eaz. In the romanik sistem wo are not shure ov the pronunsiashu ov even the komon wurds ov the langwaje. It takes seven long years tu learn tn bo but a poor speler, az it wer, in the romanik sistem; and but three dayz, after mastering the alfabet, tu learn tu be a kompleto speler in the fonetik sistem. Kompnir three dayz with seven yearz. This reprezentashn iz not overdrawn; but tu fairli understand it, it iz nesesarktu not konfound speling with pronnnsiashn. Pronunsiashn iz wun thing and speling iz another. If wun noez how tu pronouns the wordz ov the langwaje, he may learn tu spel them fonetikali in a few onrz after mastering the alfabet; but in the old sistem it rekwXrz about az long tu learn the speling az the pronnnsiashn. If the langwaje wur printed fonetikali the speling wud oknpjf skarsli eni tAin at all, and the pronunsiashu mXt be loarnd three t.fmz az fast az at prezent. This wud be a saving ov more than has the tAm now uzed in learning the langwaje, nearli all the in speling, and nearli wun forth the spase in print. In point ov ekonomi, nashonah konsidered, it wud be a saving ov milyonz ov dolarz annuli. Enuf tu reprint all ov the valubl old books meni t.fmz over. The importaiis ov speling reform shud not be overlookt, and no wun shud refuze tu nsXn himself praktikali tu the moovment. Each siibskr.fber for a paper shud rXt, s£n and send the soloing petishn tu its editor. “We rekwest the editor ov the paper for which we subshrub tu insert az much az wun kolum ov fonetik print, in each number, for the purpus ov teaching pronunsiashn and asisting in the jeneral in trodukshn ov a true sistim ov orthografi.”—W. 11. Gra-am.