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2. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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   This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.

3. George (given name) - Wikipedia

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   George Washington, the first president of the United States. George (English: / ˈ dʒ ɔːr dʒ /) is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Georgios (Γεώργιος; Ancient Greek: [ɡeɔː́rɡi.os], Modern Greek: [ʝeˈorʝi.os]).

4. List of language reforms of English - Wikipedia

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   English Grammar: 1633 Charles Butler: Extended Handbook of Simplified Spelling: 1920 Simplified Spelling Board: Basic Interspel: 1986 Valerie Yule: Extended Logonomia Anglica: 1619 Alexander Gill: Extended Regularized Inglish: 1959 Axel Wijk Basic SaypU (Spell As You Pronounce Universally) 2012 Jaber George Jabbour Extended

5. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Spelling

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   The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.

6. English orthography - Wikipedia

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   The spelling of Middle English is very irregular and inconsistent, with the same word being spelled in different ways, sometimes even in the same sentence. However, these were generally much better guides to the then-pronunciation than modern English spelling is. [opinion] For example, /ʌ/, normally written u , is spelled with an o in one ...

7. Ghoti - Wikipedia

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   Ghoti is often cited to support English spelling reform, and is often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, [8] a supporter of this cause. However, the word does not appear in Shaw's writings, [ 4 ] and a biography of Shaw attributes it instead to an anonymous spelling reformer. [ 9 ]

8. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...

9. English-language spelling reform - Wikipedia

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   English spelling consistency was dealt a further blow when William Caxton brought the printing press to London in 1476. Having lived in mainland Europe for the preceding 30 years, his grasp of the English spelling system had become uncertain. The Belgian assistants whom he brought to help him set up his business had an even poorer command of it ...