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Word: gh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Shaw's frustrated crusade. To G.B.S. "Dr. Johnson's Alphabet" of 26 letters was as obsolete as Roman numerals. What was needed, he insisted, was an alphabet large enough to cover all the language's 40-odd basic sounds. Such absurdities as having f, ff, gh and ph represent one single sound would be eliminated. Phone could be spelt with three letters, Shaw with only two. "The saving," said Shaw, "would pay for half a dozen wars, if we could find nothing better to spend it on." Though Shaw never settled on any of the many alphabets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: G.B.S. v ABC | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...Detroit (A) 030 000 000--3 7 1 New York (A) 000 100 000--1 6 0 Mobile (SA) 100 000 000--1 6 3 Brooklyn (N) 000 100 003--4 2 1 Chicago (AL) 010 000 060--7 6 2 Pittsb'gh (NL) 402 411 00x--12 16 1 Chicago (NL) 500 010 200--8 11 3 St. Louis (AL) 000 110 000--2 8 0 Cleveland (A) 010 000 101--3 6 1 New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 3/15/1950 | See Source »

...doing. Since they still deserve sympathy, if not blessings, and in order not to jeopardize their future efforts, I list them only as follows: producer: Dw-ght D--re W-m-n; songs: J-m-s Sh-lt-n, L-n-rd B-rnst-n, L-ngst-n H-gh-s, M--r-ce V-l-ney; sketches: N-ney H-m-lt-n, S-m--l T-yl-r, W-lly C-x; settings: J-M--lz-n-r; cast: J--n McCr...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

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