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earliest known evidence of the
phrase spelling bee in
print dates back to 1850,
although an
earlier name,
spelling match, has been
traced back to 1808. A key...
- successfully) so that
spelling better matches the
changing pronunciation.
Examples are:
German orthography reform of 1996
Portuguese spelling reform French rectifications...
- the
Norman conquest of England, the
ending became ‑our to
match the
later Old
French spelling. The ‑our
ending was used not only in new
English borrowings...
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Victoria Davey Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an
American actress and author. Her
first major role was
Donna Martin on
Beverly Hills, 90210, beginning...
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movements to
reform the
spelling of the
English language. It s****s to
change English orthography so that it is more consistent,
matches pronunciation better...
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Calculator spelling is an
unintended characteristic of the seven-segment
display traditionally used by calculators, in which, when read upside-down, the...
- A
spelling reform is a deliberate,
often authoritatively sanctioned or
mandated change to
spelling rules.
Proposals for such
reform are
fairly common,...
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Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets prescribed the
words that are used to
represent each
letter of the alphabet, when
spelling other words out loud...
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phonetic respelling of a word that has a
standard spelling but
whose pronunciation according to that
spelling may be ambiguous,
which is used to
indicate the...
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Sensational spelling is the
deliberate spelling of a word in a non-standard way for
special effect.
Sensational spellings are
common in
advertising and...
