[r9etb]

Rules of spelling themselves should be freed from the coercive grasp of the government (by putting an end to public schools, for example), though governments should be free to establish linguistic policies pertaining to their OWN official documents, which may serve as vehicles of suggestion for linguistic change, but not forcible standards.

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(chortle)

You don't think, perhaps, that spelling conventions are helpful to those of us who prefer to understand written communication, and that perhaps spelling rules are not (heeeeee heheheheheeeee) a government plot.

I will also note that, outside of France (really!), I am unaware that there is ANY government involvement in the development of spelling rules.

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[Right Wing Professor]

I am unaware that there is ANY government involvement in the development of spelling rules.

Theodore Roosevelt once tried to introduce a 'simplified spelling', and for a period it was used in government correspondence.

Even he couldn't get it to catch on.