Stuff You Should Know · April 1, 2026 · 13m

Short Stuff: Simple Spelling Movement

Short Stuff

Pretty much everyone agrees that English is a chaotic language. There are nutso rules of grammar and spelling other languages don’t have. More than once, movements have emerged to simplify English and each time they were beaten back with a vengeance.

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