The internet may help achieve what centuries of attempted English spelling reform has failed to do: simplification of spelling. There are two competing forces a

The internet may help achieve what centuries of attempted English spelling reform has failed to do: simplification of spelling. There are two competing forces at play: - readily available spell checkers - the international interplay of ideas The former stabilizes spelling, the latter says "screw it, through is spelled thru, I made up yeet, and emoji are valid grammar". But also grammar and spelling Nazis. My money is on fluidity of language.