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Could the 'Simplified Spelling Board'[1] of 1906 have anything to do with the naming? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Spelling_Board https://en.wi

• TeMPOraL 1y ago
  Huh, that's an interesting tidbit. > The Simplified Spelling Board was announced on March 11, 1906, with Andrew Carnegie funding the organization, to be headquartered in New York City. Some big names here. > The New York Times noted that Carnegie was convinced that "English might be made the world language of the future" He wasn't wrong. > and an influence leading to universal peace, That's still to be seen. > but that this role was obstructed by its "contradictory and difficult spelling". Well now. It's interesting to scroll through the list of proposed changes; 100+ years later, many of them seem to be the default/correct spelling, but just as many look wrong, even when following the same transformation rules. E.g.: "brasen" -> "brazen" vs. "surprise" -> "surprize". Thanks for linking this!