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- ActivSpell Server Side Spell Checker - Checks the spelling of text boxes on web sites. Spell Check interface purely html/java script, spell checking full server side.
- Spelling Reform: Site by John J. Reilly - General website on spelling reform including John Reilly's own reform scheme Altscript. Sections on historic figures supporting spelling reform. Spelling reform schemes. Also list of societies, persons and resources promoting spelling reform. Links.
- Checking Out Three Freestanding Spell Checkers - Applelinks.com reviews Excalibur, Spellswell Plus, and Spell Catcher for Macintosh, giving 3, 3, and 5 stars respectively.
- (American) English Spelling - Master spelling tricks, general rules and using computer spell checkers.
- Spell Checker for Edit Boxes - Checks the spelling of any edit control in almost any application under Windows 3.1/95/98. Dictionaries available in several languages. Free for private use, shareware for businesses. From Michael Quinion Associates.
- Nieuwe spelling - "Waarom is er een nieuwe spelling nodig? Wat is het nut ervan? Doen we niet beter gewoon verder met de spelling van 1995? Wij gooien het Groene Boekje van 2005 in de kachel."
- The Problem of English Spelling - Article By Duncan MacGregor showing the anomalies in traditional English spelling and arguments for the need of spelling reform for the English language. Links.
- XDE's Spell Checker Server - Spell checking server. Detects and offers suggestions for misspelled words. It may be installed on NT IIS, Unix derivatives such as Linux and Solaris web sites.
- Variant Spellings in American English Dictionaries - An article by Cornell Kimball showing inconsistencies in spellings of many traditional American English words in different dictionaries of the English language.
- Spells and Spell-Casting - A comprehensive resource of spells. Contains articles on both the lighter and darker side of magick use.
Wikipedia Articles
- Pronunciation spelling - A pronunciation spelling of a word is a spelling intentionally different from the standard spelling, used to emphasize a particular pronunciation of the word. The spelling uses the regular spelling rules of the language.
- Simplified Spelling Society - The Simplified Spelling Society is an organization which promotes English spelling reform. The Simplified Spelling Society (SSS) started in 1908 with the aim of updating English spelling.
- Inventive spelling - Inventive, or invented, spelling is the non-conventional spelling of a word created by a novice reader or writer. It contrasts with conventional spelling, the correct or standard spelling.
- Scripps National Spelling Bee - The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly known as the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly referred to simply as the National Spelling Bee) is a highly competitive annual spelling bee. It is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E.
- Oxford spelling - Oxford spelling (or Oxford English spelling) is the spelling used in the editorial practice of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and other English language dictionaries based on the OED, for example the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, and many academic journals and text books published by Oxford University Press. Oxford spelling can be marked ...