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SIMPLER SPELING RULES 
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N E A 12 words 
The National Education Association in 1898 adopted for use in all its 
official correspondence and printing the simplifyd spelings widely known 
as ‘ the 12 words’, catalog, decalog, demagog, pedagog, prolog, program, 
tho, altho, thoro, thorofare, thru, thruout. In 1916 it adopted rule to 
simplify ed to t when so pronounst, in past tenses of verbs. 
Simplifyd Speling Board 30 words 
This list was chozen with special reference to correspondence, and 
includes the 5 typ-words, catalog, program, tho, thoro, thru, of the 12 words 
adopted, as noted abuv, by the National Education Association in 1898, 
for use in all its official publications and correspondence. 
fixt reciet (al)tho 
giv reciev(d) thoro(ly, -fare, etc.) 
hav shal thru(out) 
insted shipt twelv 
liv(d) tel wil 
program telefone vu 
ad buro 
addrest catalog 
anser (d) det 
ar engin 
askt enuf 
bil(d) fil(d) 
S S B alfabetic rules 
2, ee, initial or medial. Spel e; e.g. esthetic, medieval, fenix, maneuver, 
subpena; but alumnae, striae etc. 
®, ee ar now uzualy writn ae, oe. Other cases of ae, oe, medial, as in canoeist, 
Gaelic etc. ar not affected 
bt pronounst t. Drop silent b; e.g. det, dettor, dout, indetted, redout 
Retain b, if pronounst, in subtil(e) 
ch pronounst like ¢ in car. Drop silent h except before e, 4, y [or uze 
k]; e.g. caracter, clorid(e), corus, cronic, eco, epoc, mekanic, 
monarc, skolar, skool, stomac; but architect, chemist, monarchy, 
or arkitect, monarky 
consonant before e¢ final silent. Drop last 2 letrs; e.g. bagatel, 
bizar, cigaret, creton, crevas, gavot, gazet, giraf, gram, program, 
quadril, quartet, vaudevil 
consonant final. Reduce dubl to singl, but in -l only after a short 
vowel, and in -ss only in monosilabls; e.g. ad, bil, bluf, buz, clas, 
dol, dul, eg, glas, les, los, mes, mis, pas, pres, shal, tel, wil, but 
not al for all, rol for roll, needles for needless, etc. 
Retain gross, hiss, off, puss 
411 bl 
dubl