SR1 - Simplified Spelling Society

Simplified Spelling Society

Using SR1 as a starting point, the Simplified Spelling Society (SSS) created a five-part reform proposal called Stage 1. The proposals were first printed in the November 1983 edition of the society's newsletter. In April 1984 they were adopted as the 'house style' of the SSS at its yearly meeting. The SSS said that the reforms could be used either together or individually (as a step-by-step change).

Their four extra proposals are:

DUE

DUE stands for "Drop Useless Es". This proposal would remove the letter E from words where it is unneeded or misleading. This would mean dropping the E at the end of have but not at the end of behave, because the E makes the A sound longer (see "magic e").

Thus: are→ar, were→wer, give→giv, have→hav, some→som, because→becaus, gauze→gauz, leave→leav, freeze→freez, sleeve→sleev, valley→vally, achieve→achiev, examine→examin, practise→practis, opposite→opposit, involve→involv, serve→serv, heart→hart.
ph

Change 'ph' to 'f' when it is sounded as /f/ .

Thus: photo→foto, telephone→telefone, physical→fysical.
augh
  • Shorten ‘augh’ to ‘au’ when it is sounded as /ɔː/.
Thus: caught→caut, fraught→fraut, daughter→dauter.
  • Change 'augh' to 'af' when it is sounded as /f/.
Thus: laugh→laf, draught→draft.
ough
  • Shorten 'ough' to 'u' when it is sounded as /u/.
Thus: through→thru.
  • Shorten 'ough' to ‘o’ when it is sounded as /əʊ/.
Thus: though→tho, although→altho (but doh for dough).
  • Shorten ‘ough’ to ‘ou’ when it is sounded as /aʊ/.
Thus: bough→bou, drought→drout, plough→plou.
  • Change 'ough' to ‘au’ when it is sounded as /ɔː/.
Thus: bought→baut, ought→aut, thought→thaut.
  • Change 'ough' to 'of' or 'uf' (depending on the pronunciation) when there is the sound /f/.
Thus: cough→cof, enough→enuf, tough→tuf.

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