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The Spelling Society in the media

• 17th August, 2008 – Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)
  Logic in Spelling

• 12th August, 2008 – Time Magazine
  Making an Arguement for Misspelling

• 12th August, 2008 – Daily Mail
  Judge brands court worker an 'illiterate idiot' after spelling word wrong four times on charge sheet

• 11th August, 2008 – Good Morning Ulster
  Jack Bovill

• 11th August, 2008 – Liverpool City Talk
  Jack Bovill

• 11th August, 2008 – Dublin 202
  Jack Bovill

• 9th August, 2008 – The Daily Squib (satire)
  Renowned Chav Professor Advocates Use of SMS Text Language and Spelling Errors

• 9th August, 2008 – BBC News Channel
  Jack Bovill, 2 slots at 7:50am and 8:50am

• 9th August, 2008 – Jack FM (Oxford)
  Jack Bovill

• 8th August, 2008 – Glasgow Daily Record
  ‘Common misspellings should become part of language, says professor’, by Alison Kershaw

• 8th August, 2008 – BBC Birmingham
  (Janice Long show): Jack Bovill

• 8th August, 2008 – BBC Radio Kent
  Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – The Times Higher Education Supplement
  Just spell it like it is

• 7th August, 2008 – Sky News
  'Why We Should Ignor Bad Spelling'

• 7th August, 2008 – Reuters UK
  English spelling seen as "truely atrosious"

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC News
  Bad spelling 'should be accepted'

• 7th August, 2008 – Daily Mail
  The spell is broken: Lecturer calls for spelling amnesty on students' top 20 errors

• 7th August, 2008 – The Times
  Time to give up on spelling, says academic

• 7th August, 2008 – The Telegraph
  University students 'cannot spell'

• 7th August, 2008 – Guardian: Mortarboard
  ‘Does Student Spelling matter?’ By Anthea Lipsett

• 7th August, 2008 – The Press Association
  ‘Misspelt words should be accepted’

• 7th August, 2008 – Newsround BBC Children’s Television
  Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC News Channel
  Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – Radio Five Live
  Simon Mayo Show (2 million listeners): Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC Worldservice
  Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC Wales
  (1.2 million listeners): Vikki Rimmer

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC Radio Sheffield
  Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC Tees
  Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – Siren FM
  (Twice): Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC Jersey
  Vikki Rimmer

• 7th August, 2008 – Mercury FM
  Vikki Rimmer

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC Northants
  Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC 3 Counties
  Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – BBC Newcastle
  Jack Bovill

• 7th August, 2008 – Express India
  Indians better at English than the British, say lecturers

• 7th August, 2008 – The Metro
  Embrace bad spelling, says professor

• 21st July, 2008 – onrec.com : Online Recruitment
  Potential employers spell it out

• 14th June, 2008 – New Zealand Herald
  Spell it out: why kids can't read

• 11th June, 2008 – Irish Independent: Education
  Writing is on the wall for spelling

• 9th June, 2008 – The Independent
  The peculiarities of English retain its spell

• 29th May, 2008 – The Hindu
  Spelling it out

• 31st July, 2007 – boston.com
  B careful what u wish 4

• 15th July, 2007 – Edmonton Journal
  Spelling reformers seek to remake English

• 19th April, 2007 – Glasgow Daily Record
  Off the record

• 18th April, 2007 – theage.com.au
  It's time to pass the spelling salts