SoundSpel

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SoundSpel is a regular and mostly phonemic English-language spelling reform proposal which uses the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Though SoundSpel was originally based on American English,[1] it can represent dialectal pronunciation, including British English. With roots extending as far back as 1910[2] but largely complete by 1986, SoundSpel was developed "in response to the widely held conviction that English spelling is more complex than it needs to be."[3] The American Literacy Council has endorsed the reform[4] because anglophones can easily read it.[5] Additionally, according to its proponents, "[SoundSpel] is fully compatible with traditional spelling and can be mixed with it in any proportion desired."[6]

Some common English words containing traditional spelling's infamous tetragraph ⟨ough⟩, written in SoundSpel
  1. ^ Rondthaler 1999, p. 2.
  2. ^ Rondthaler 1999, pp. 1.
  3. ^ Rondthaler & Lias 1986, p. viii.
  4. ^ Petersen.
  5. ^ Rondthaler 1999, pp. 2–4.
  6. ^ Rondthaler & Lias 1986, p. 21.