Professor P. Dantick's Dictum on Spelling,
(as caught by this arrant reformer, H.B.)| Sacred is the b in limb, Hallowed is the n in hymn, Sanctified the k in knot, The gh in laugh and thought, Consecrate the g in gem, The ph in phone and phlegm, Yet there be irreverent meddlers From Bernard Shaw to ice-cream pedlars, Who would respell even busy Just to line it up with dizzy. Who'd e'en contest the right of who To start itself with w, And would chop the final e's From give and have and please and freeze. | WHY? They claim the shocking frequency Of juvenile delinquency Stems largely from poor Mat and Milly Who simply cannot get the silly Inconsistency of whole, With knoll and goal and bowl and soul.... |
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