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A newspaper promoting the spelling of words phonetically...
A newspaper promoting the spelling of words phonetically...
Item # 695804
May 29, 1847
AI ANGLO SACSUN, New York, May 29, 1847 Here is one of the more fascinating newspapers that was in the private collection.
This newspaper--which is volume 1, number 11--attempted to exploit a movement to spell words phonetically, just as they sounded. So their motto in the dateline is: "Devoted Tu Ai Difyushun ov Nolej and Nuz, Tru Ai Medium of Fonotipi, or the Tru System ov Spelin Wurdz As Iz, Just Az ae are Pronnst." (difficult to translate as they use some characters not in the traditional alphabet. Their alphabet is found on page 3).
The entire issue has various articles spelled phonetically, making it difficult to read. Otherwise the layout is much like other newspapers of the era, with a very decorative masthead.
Obviously a movement which never caught on.
Four pages, folio size, never bound nor trimmed, some light dirtiness and very mild wear, generally good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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