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——: The Progress of “Fonetic Refawrm,” Bookman, vol. vi, p. 196.
Perrett, Wilfrid: Peetickay: an Essay Toward the Abolition of Spelling; Cambridge (England), 1920.
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8. Geographical Names
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——: Nicknames of the States, Current Literature, vol. xxiv, p. 41.
