There’s a reason spelling bees are only common in English-speaking countries: English spelling is absurd. Even the most ...

Grammarians love to grumble about texting and social media, convinced that every “u” instead of “you,” every “tho” or “luv,” is another nail in the coffin of the English language. Some say that ...

A man has created a new London Underground map where all the station names have been changed to be spelt phonetically - and ...

Hearing yourself speak helps identify problem areas. Record your voice while reading a passage or practicing a conversation, ...

It recorded what he mistakenly thought was the Mayan alphabet. Although parts of his ... He defined some previously unknown glyphs and refined the spelling rules of the Mayan writing system.

The hieroglyphs were, indeed, in high percentage ‘phonograms’ (symbols with specific phonetic values, like the characters of an alphabet) and ... could phonetically read Egyptian hieroglyphs spelling ...

Distinct from the alphabet, cuneiform uses between 600 and 1,000 characters impressed on clay to spell words by dividing them up into ... Tuscan, the dialect widely used in Florence, stood out with ...

Addressed to “A. Linkon Esq.” and dated “Ogust 6,” it was written in the eccentric, phonetic stylings of the Simplified Spelling Movement. “I trust u wil hav no difikulti in redin dis, ...