Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES by Brander Matthews, Columbia University. New York Times subscribers* enjoy full access to TimesMachine—view over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it ...

In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the mail. Addressed to “A. Linkon Esq.” and dated “Ogust 6,” it was written in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This May, students from across the United States will gather in Washington D.C., for the 100th anniversary of the Scripps Spelling ...

WASHINGTON – When "say," "they" and "weigh" rhyme, but "bomb," "comb" and "tomb" don't, wuudn't it maek mor sens to spel wurdz the wae thae sound? Those in favor of simplified spelling say children ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Gabe Henry discussed why he thinks that spelling in the English language is "absurd." He spoke at the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C.

You've probably noticed that English spelling is not as consistent or phonetically reliable as the spelling of many other languages. Writing English is sort of like one of those computer games where ...

For more than 40 years, the Tribune crusaded against an “unspeakable offense,” a “monster cruelty”: English spelling. From Jan. 28, 1934, to Sept. 28, 1975, the newspaper adopted a system of ...