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Anothr putenshol prablim iz thuh [[Eternal English|Eetrnal Eenglish]] ishu -- if yor stori is set thri thouznd yirz in the fewchur, won myt expekt that the langwij had chanjd ''mor'' then just in a fiw of the spelings.
Anothr putenshol prablim iz thuh [[Eternal English|Eetrnal Eenglish]] ishu -- if yor stori is set thri thouznd yirz in the fewchur, won myt expekt that the langwij had chanjd ''mor'' then just in a fiw of the spelings.


This trohp iz waer speling riform iz usd az a wey of shoawyng that the stori iz set in a diferent tym. It dosnt covr [[Real Life|Reel Lyf]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_reform atempts tu riform the langwij], or in-stori atempts tu riform the langwij exept wer theve bekom suxesfol and the nu speling is ubikwitis. It iz allso not tu bi konfusd with [[Funetik Aksent]].
This trohp iz waer speling riform iz usd az a wey of shoawyng that the stori iz set in a diferent tym. It dosnt covr [[Real Life|Reel Lyf]] [[wikipedia:Spelling reform|atempts tu riform the langwij]], or in-stori atempts tu riform the langwij exept wer theve bekom suxesfol and the nu speling is ubikwitis. It iz allso not tu bi konfusd with [[Funetik Aksent]].


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Another potential problem is the [[Eternal English]] issue -- if your story is set three thousand years in the future, one might expect that the language had changed ''more'' than just in a few of the spellings.
Another potential problem is the [[Eternal English]] issue -- if your story is set three thousand years in the future, one might expect that the language had changed ''more'' than just in a few of the spellings.


This trope is where spelling reform is used as a way of showing that the story is set in a different time. It doesn't cover [[Real Life]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_reform attempts to reform the language], or in-story attempts to reform the language except where they've become successful and the new spelling is ubiquitous. It is also not to be confused with [[Funetik Aksent]].
This trope is where spelling reform is used as a way of showing that the story is set in a different time. It doesn't cover [[Real Life]] [[wikipedia:Spelling reform|attempts to reform the language]], or in-story attempts to reform the language except where they've become successful and the new spelling is ubiquitous. It is also not to be confused with [[Funetik Aksent]].


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* The ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' story "The Invisible Enemy", set in the 51st century, features "Egsit" signs among other examples of variant spelling.
* The ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' story "The Invisible Enemy", set in the 51st century, features "Egsit" signs among other examples of variant spelling.
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* "Meihem in ce Klasrum", a story by Dolton Edwards published in the classic SF anthology ''Treasury of Great Science Fiction'' (ed. Anthony Boucher) is reminiscent of the Twain example, except that by taking longer and letting you get used to each change in turn, it leaves you at the end reading what looks like pure gibberish with little effort.
* "Meihem in ce Klasrum", a story by Dolton Edwards published in the classic SF anthology ''Treasury of Great Science Fiction'' (ed. Anthony Boucher) is reminiscent of the Twain example, except that by taking longer and letting you get used to each change in turn, it leaves you at the end reading what looks like pure gibberish with little effort.
* Almost any word that isn't an obscenity is spelled wrong in ''[[Idiocracy]]'' to demonstrate how much English has deteriorated.
* Almost any word that isn't an obscenity is spelled wrong in ''[[Idiocracy]]'' to demonstrate how much English has deteriorated.
* In the final chapters of ''Gradisil'', not only does the spelling change but the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eng_(letter) letter eng] is re-introduced.
* In the final chapters of ''Gradisil'', not only does the spelling change but the [[wikipedia:Eng (letter)|letter eng]] is re-introduced.
* In the [[Time Travel]] story of ''[[Blake and Mortimer]]'', Mortimer discovers an apocalyptic future where civilization has fallen, the phonetic spellings he encounters are explained to have helped the downfall.
* In the [[Time Travel]] story of ''[[Blake and Mortimer]]'', Mortimer discovers an apocalyptic future where civilization has fallen, the phonetic spellings he encounters are explained to have helped the downfall.
* In the ''[[Safehold]]'' novels, most personal names have gone through this after nine hundred years of lingual shift. Not an unrealistic assumption.
* In the ''[[Safehold]]'' novels, most personal names have gone through this after nine hundred years of lingual shift. Not an unrealistic assumption.
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