Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1903 — His Spelling System. [ARTICLE]

His Spelling System.

Dobbq met his friend Turner Jn the tram. They were bqth going to Birmingham and stopped at the same hotel. Turner registered his name “E. K. Phtbolognyrrb.” ; Dobbs, noticing IL exclaimed, “Here, what are yon .using such a foreign, outlandish namefor?” f • . M “j. am not, assuming any foreign name,” replied Turner. “What kind of a name is it, then?” “That is my identical old name, and; It is English too—pronounced ‘Turner.’ ” “I can’t see how you make ‘Turner* out of those 13 letters; besides, what la your object in spelling that way?” asked Dobbs. “Well, you see, nobody ever noticed my name on the register when I wrote it since I commenced writing it ‘Phthologynrrh’ I set them all guessing. It is, as I said before, English spelling. ‘Phth’ Is the sound of *t* in ‘phthisis,’ ‘olo’ is the sound of *uF In ‘colonel,’ ‘gn’ there is the “n’ in ‘gnat,’ ‘yrrh’ is the sound of ‘er* In ‘myrrh.’ Now, if that doesn’t spell ‘Turner* what does It spell?”—London Standard.