Comment on It's honestly kind of wild how unpopular Roosevelt's ideas for English spelling reform were.

arctanthrope@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• call_me_xale@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Looks like it’s referring to this

  Roosevelt tried to force the federal government to adopt the system, sending an order to the Public Printer to use the system in all public federal documents. The order was obeyed; among the many documents printed using the system was the President’s special message regarding the Panama Canal.

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• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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