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2. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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   The American spelling, akin to Greek, is the earliest known spelling in English. [171] It was preferred by Fowler, and is used by many Canadians, where it is the earlier form. [12] Sceptic also pre-dates the European settlement of the US and it follows the French sceptique and Latin scepticus.

3. English orthography - Wikipedia

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   e. English orthography comprises the set of rules used when writing the English language, [1][2] allowing readers and writers to associate written graphemes with the sounds of spoken English, as well as other features of the language. [3] English's orthography includes norms for spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation, word breaks, emphasis, and ...

4. Help:IPA/English - Wikipedia

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   Throughout Wikipedia, the pronunciation of words is indicated using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The following tables list the IPA symbols used for English words and pronunciations. Please note that several of these symbols are used in ways that are specific to Wikipedia, and differ from those used by dictionaries.

5. Initial Teaching Alphabet - Wikipedia

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   The Initial Teaching Alphabet (I.T.A. or i.t.a.) is a variant of the Latin alphabet developed by Sir James Pitman (the grandson of Sir Isaac Pitman, inventor of a system of shorthand) in the early 1960s. It was not intended to be a strictly phonetic transcription of English sounds, or a spelling reform for English as such, but instead a ...

6. Pronunciation respelling for English - Wikipedia

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   A pronunciation respelling for English is a notation used to convey the pronunciation of words in the English language, which do not have a phonemic orthography (i.e. the spelling does not reliably indicate pronunciation). There are two basic types of pronunciation respelling:

7. English-language spelling reform - Wikipedia

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   English-language spelling reform. For centuries, there have been movements to reform the spelling of the English language. Such spelling reform seeks to change English orthography so that it is more consistent, matches pronunciation better, and follows the alphabetic principle. [ 1 ] Common motives for spelling reform include making learning ...