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Because Language – a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

116: Enough Is Enuf (with Gabe Henry)

127 min • 19 april 2025

Spelling reform in English: a constant failure? Or a secret success? Waves upon waves of optimists have tried to make English spelling reflect its sound and escape its etymological origins, but have never seen their vision fully realised. Author Gabe Henry has chronicled the attempts, and he joins us on this episode.

Gabe is the author of Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell, available from Dey Street Books.

Timestamps

Cold open: 0:00
Intros: 1:44
News: 9:50
Related or Not: 32:21
Interview with Gabe Henry: 49:23
Words of the Week: 1:33:41
Comment: 1:50:50
The Reads: 1:53:57
Outtakes: 2:03:28

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