User:Macrakis/Etymological spelling

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_orthography#:~:text=There%20was%20also%20a%20period%20when%20the%20spelling%20of%20a%20small%20number%20of%20words%20was%20altered%20in%20what%20is%20now%20regarded%20as%20a%20misguided%20attempt%20to%20make%20them%20conform%20to%20what%20were%20perceived%20to%20be%20the%20etymological%20origins%20of%20the%20words.%20For%20example%2C%20the%20letter%20b%20was%20added%20to%20debt%20(originally%20dette)%20in%20an%20attempt%20to%20link%20it%20to%20the%20Latin%20debitum%2C%20and%20the%20letter%20s%20in%20island%20is%20a%20misplaced%20attempt%20to%20link%20it%20to%20Latin%20insula%20instead%20of%20the%20Old%20English%20word%20%C4%AB%C4%A1land%2C%20which%20is%20the%20true%20origin%20of%20the%20English%20word.%20The%20letter%20p%20in%20ptarmigan%20has%20no%20etymological%20justification%20whatsoever%2C%20only%20seeking%20to%20invoke%20Greek%20despite%20being%20a%20Gaelic%20word. English orthography]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_Portuguese_orthography#:~:text=During%20the%20Renaissance%2C%20appreciation%20for%20classical%20culture%20led%20many%20authors%20to%20imitate%20Latin%20and%20(Romanized)%20Ancient%20Greek%2C%20filling%20words%20with%20a%20profusion%20of%20silent%20letters%20and%20other%20etymological%20graphemes%2C%20such%20as%20ch%20(pronounced%20as%20c%2Fqu)%2C%20ph%20(pronounced%20as%20f)%2C%20rh%2C%20th%2C%20y%20(pronounced%20as%20i)%2C%20cc%2C%20pp%2C%20tt%2C%20mn%20(pronounced%20as%20n)%2C%20sce%2C%20sci%20(pronounced%20as%20ce%2C%20ci)%2C%20bt%2C%20pt%2C%20mpt%20(pronounced%20as%20t)%2C%20and%20so%20on%2C%20still%20found%20today%20in%20the%20orthographies%20of%20French%20and%20English. Reforms of Portuguese orthography] -- no longer etymological

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_orthography#:~:text=This%20period%20also%20saw%20the%20development%20of%20some%20explicitly%20etymological%20spellings%2C%20e.g.%20temps%20(%22time%22)%2C%20vingt%20(%22twenty%22)%20and%20poids%20(%22weight%22)%20(note%20that%20in%20many%20cases%2C%20the%20etymologizing%20was%20sloppy%20or%20occasionally%20completely%20incorrect%3B%20vingt%20reflects%20Latin%20viginti%2C%20with%20the%20g%20in%20the%20wrong%20place%2C%20and%20poids%20actually%20reflects%20Latin%20pensum%2C%20with%20no%20d%20at%20all%3B%20the%20spelling%20poids%20is%20due%20to%20an%20incorrect%20derivation%20from%20Latin%20pondus).%20The%20trend%20towards%20etymologizing%20sometimes%20produced%20absurd%20(and%20generally%20rejected)%20spellings%20such%20as%20s%C3%A7apvoir%20for%20normal%20savoir%20(%22to%20know%22)%2C%20which%20attempted%20to%20combine%20Latin%20sapere%20(%22to%20be%20wise%22%2C%20the%20correct%20origin%20of%20savoir)%20with%20scire%20(%22to%20know%22). French orthography]

Language planning

Does Spelling Matter

Brief History of the English Language

Examples:
 * French: tens/temps, vingt, pois/poids, puits, omme/homme (vs. on), heure
 * English: quire-quer(e)/choir (17), det(te)/debt (debitum) (13-16), d(o)ute/doubt (dubitare) (16), Cristen/Christian, cord/chord, counter/compter?, indite/indict, rime/rhyme, faute/fault, vitailes/victuals, sisours/scissors, scythe?, langage/language (lingua), receite/receipt, samon/salmon, aventure/adventure, avis/advice, perfeit/perfect, cors/corpse, verdit/verdict
 * neveu => nepveu => nefeu/nepheu