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Reference code
MCPP/CSL/1/2/10
Title
Letter from C.S. Lewis concerning standardisation in spelling, 1960
Date(s)
- 6 January 1960 (Creation)
- 1959 (Creation)
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2 items, paper
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(29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963)
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(1) Newspaper cutting of a letter from C.S. Lewis setting out his ideas on standardised spelling, News Chronicle, 1959
(2) Handwritten letter from C.S. Lewis to Denis Glass, agreeing with his views that the need to reform spelling to make it standardised was unnecessary, 6 Jan 1960
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Note
According to the son of Denis Glass his father had written to the News Chronicle [later absorbed by The Daily Mail] and was angry that his letter had been shortened on publication but a longer letter written phonetically had been published in order to ridicule him. He was delighted that C.S. Lewis wrote to him and to the newspaper agreeing with him.
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Former reference
F/CSL/2a