(III) On the other hand, the Superintendent of Education in one of the Canadian provinces, whose sympathies are naturally British, writes:
"Your simplified spelling appeals to me in preference to that of the S. S. S. of London."
The main differences are illustrated in (the S. S. B. coming first) tiem and tiim for time, doer and door for door, tiping and tipping for tipping.
(IV) A Nova Scotian, president of an important educational institution, writes:
Your article on simplified spelling is a very courageous one—for an American! Probably it has alredy brought upon you the whips and scorns of the conventional journalist. In the Old Country, scholars are accustomd to stand up against professional journalists. Do you think you can do so with your new scheme? I hope so, for it seems to me simple in principle, and, on the whole, a good working basis. One is tempted, of course, to ask why such inconsistencies as:
Allwaiz—Becauz.
Oonly—Molar.
We accept the aw sound for a before ll, but probably awl is better than all; and in becauz it should undoubtedly be aw.
As to molar, we propose that a single vowel should always, as generally now, be long at the end of a syllable.
The same correspondent continues:
Again, if long vowels are to be indicated by the doubling of the letter, is there any need of doubling the consonant after a short vowel?
(V) Another correspondent joins in the same charge: