A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy

A concise treatise diagnosing inconsistencies and irregularities in English spelling, classifying problems such as variable vowel sounds, silent and redundant letters, misleading final forms, misplaced sibilants and aspirates, and disruptive medial consonant changes. It analyzes underlying causes—redundancy, deficiency, mischoice, and misarrangement—and offers a reforming principle to minimize unnecessary change while implementing only precise, demonstrably necessary adjustments to better reflect pronunciation and etymology. The work discusses orthography of proper names, illustrates specific phonetic difficulties with examples, and concludes with a didactic riddle and a plea for truth, reason, and beauty in written language.