| semiphonotypy |
| Definition - Printing that uses a "reformed" spelling that is intermediate between traditional and purely phonetic spelling. |
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Example - The great event hwich formz a deseisiv epok in the histori ov speling, iz the introdukshon ov printing. (from A plea for spelling reform by Isaac Pitman, 1878) |
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Oxford English Dictionary - The term's first citation is from 1876: "A style of spelling will now be introduced which has received the name of *Semiphonotypy." (Max Müller Sel. Ess. (1881) I. 259) |
