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A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by James Elphinston
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Rezistles shal enammor yooth;
Shal evvidence dh' assevveracion,
Thro'out dh' etymmolodgic nacion;
Dhat won poettic exhibiscion
Cood, widhout litt'ral intuiscion,
Fil evv'ry litterary artikel,
Dho nevver spel won singuel partikel:
Cood faithfoolly dhe hoal prezent,
Widhout[6] wonce shadd'wing hwat wer ment.

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NOTES

[1] If not vulgarized from _batteller_.

[2] Ov _mow_ dhe vowel and servile coalesce, (az in _sow_,) into' a
dipthong, in dhe compound noun _barley-mow_.

[3] From dhe old barbarous French _isle_[4], _faulte_, _voulte_, _recepte_,
_debte_, _doubte_; _parfaict_, _vraidict_: now duly _île_, _faute_,
_voute_, _recette_, _dette_, _doute_, _parfait_, and _vraidit_ from _verè
dictum_.

[4] Inglish propriety, and indeed common-sense, must also protest against
two' late _misnomers: Th'isleworth_ for _Thistelworth_; and dhe forrain
affectacion ov _St. Mary la bonne_ (or even _borne_) for _Marribone_.

[5] Without one particle, representing what is read.

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