A history of mad attempts to fix English spelling

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Let's explore the failed attempts to fix English. 🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here → https://nordvpn.com/robwordsvpn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌️ English spelling is broken. Often the letters we write down on the page bear little resemblance to the words we say out loud. Many attempts have been made to fix this, by medieval monks and American presidents. So let's investigate some of these attempts and find out why they failed. Can English spelling be fixed, or is it doomed to remain nightmare for learners? Let's find out. 📙 GABE'S BOOK: Enough is Enuf https://www.harpercollins.com/products/enough-is-enuf-gabe-henry?variant=43016542715938 🎥 MY ALTERNATIVE ALPHABETS VID: https://youtu.be/UAI3g6zVyAI?si=QyrvuqdTObZv0fFV ⭐️PATREON COMMUNITY: https://patreon.com/robwords 👕COOL TSHIRTS: https://robwords.com/shop 📝FREE NEWSLETTER: https://www.robwords.com/newsletter Check me out on the web, on Twitter & TikTok: https://robwords.com https://robwords.bsky.social https://tiktok.com/@robwords #spelling #english #linguistics ==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 0:22 The problem with English 1:26 Orrmin the monnk 5:24 N4mbers for vowels 10:13 N8mbers for everything 12:35 Noah Webster 14:29 Benjamin Franklin 15:11 President Theodore Roosevelt 17:00 Why change failed 14:48 Is spelling changing? 19:55 Should it change?