English spelling is not a game for the weak at heart, and it has nothing to do with higher literary culture the way French spelling does. This being France, the debate is laced with political theater.

The first English printing press, in the 15th century, was operated by Belgians who didn’t know the language and made numerous spelling errors (such as "busy" in place of "bisy").

Our received English spelling was an attempt to take a snapshot in a small island of a living, growing language that was not about to be constrained by a few silly pedants.

A bad start. It was a rocky beginning for English spelling. Quite simply, the 23-letter Roman alphabet has never been adequate — even Old English (spoken 450-1150) had 35 or so sounds, and our ...

We compiled 27 of the most common spelling mistakes in the English language. Science has proven that there isn't a strong link between spelling and intelligence.

Spelling campaigners are taking arms against a sea of troubles in the latest skirmish in a 100-year-old battle to make written English easier to grasp. English-speaking children may take twice as ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee highlights what a mess the English spelling is – a hodgepodge of orthographies borrowed from German, French, Greek, and Latin. Is it time for a makeover?

The English Spelling Society is proposing an International English Spelling Congress to more closely align the written and spoken word. By Dawn Rhodes. UPDATED: August 18, 2019 at 11:37 PM CDT.

So the next time you’re spelling out a web address or teaching a child the alphabet, remember: W is “double U,” not “double V,” because some historical habits often stick around long ...

Why English spelling is so messed up. The explanation may not comfort you, but it may at least make you see the language as less arbitrarily maddening. Newsletter sign up Newsletter ...

The question is whether we’ll proceed until the end of time making do with a woefully goofy spelling system when English is, for better or for worse, the world’s closest thing to a universal ...