Code Reform Attempt History: Dewey and Carnegie

“The second great obstacle is our absurd spelling, which scholars agree is the worst on the planet. In trying to learn this, two or three years more are worse than wasted. A few years ago it required some hardihood for an educated man to declare himself in favor of simplified spelling, but since the founding of the Spelling Reform Association in 1876 every prominent student of English living, both American and foreign, has conceded that scholarship, as well as common sense, requires the change which is quietly but steadily going forward.” –Melvil Dewey (more)

“I think I hav been patient long enuf” — E-N-U-F — “I have a much better use for Twenty-five thousand dollars a year.” – Andrew Carnegie (more)