REVISION OF ALPHABET
A PROFESSOR'S ADVOCACY.
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 29th November, 8.30 a.m.) PHILADELPHIA, 28th Nov.
Professor Godfrey Dewey, of Harvard University, addressing the English Language Congress, advocated tho revision of tho alphabet to a system of twenty-four consonants, thirteen vowels, and four diphthongs, and a symliol i'or the word "the." He declared that this scheme would save 1,000,000 dollars yearly, and explained that, with the new alphabet, fewer symbols would be needed to express thought. Millions of tons less of paper would be necessary, and books and newspapers would bo smaller and lighter with the consequent saving in time and labour. Professor Dewey declared that the greatest problem in printed English today was typographical.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 130, 29 November 1926, Page 9
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