jabsonik<p>”Failed”? This experimental <a href="https://ihan.outo.la/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://ihan.outo.la/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spelling</span></a> from the 60s is instantly quite readable to any Finn:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2025</span><span class="invisible">/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell</span></a></p><p>' It used to baffle me – how could this person, who races through multiple books a week and can quote Shakespeare faultlessly, possibly think “me” is spelt with two Es? '</p><p>Dunno... maybe because that's how you pronounce it? :-P That's how _we_ do it here in <a href="https://ihan.outo.la/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> anyway. WYSIWYG spelling FTW!</p>