It's honestly kind of wild how unpopular Roosevelt's ideas for English spelling reform were.

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arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 10d (2 replies)

> no context

LodeMike@lemmy.today · 16 pts · 10d

call_me_xale@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 10d

Looks like it's referring to this

Roosevelt tried to force the federal government to adopt the system, sending an order to the Public Printer to use the system in all public federal documents. The order was obeyed; among the many documents printed using the system was the President's special message regarding the Panama Canal.

Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 10d (3 replies)

That led me down a rabbit hole. Not a deep one though.

Edit: Or should I say "tho"

Chais@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 10d (2 replies)

Which one is the new one?

Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 10d (1 reply)

"Tho" is. I absolutely lost it when I saw "thoro".

ThoGot@feddit.org · 2 pts · 10d

Might as well say ðo and þoro lol

DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 10d

In Australia it gave us the Labor party rather than the Labour Party... Even though we use British spellings for everything else.