The quote you can also see that the spelling has been changed since 1801. The fact that we no longe

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I have several blogs claimed that the correct way to spell words, it is specified in the Swedish Academy's abdc dictionary. Mail is right, mail is outdated, I wrote, for example, the other day. "But there is a law that you must spell as it says in the Academy's dictionary?" Wondered a reader then. "When was the law and what is its name?" Scoffed the reader on.
Ock kåmentathorn Haar såklaurt completely prepared. abdc Mann kann jivettvis Stafva präsis how the men want, AAC ingenn kann comb ACK Setta een in fengellse for. But one of the biggest advantages of having a standardized spelling showed enough of the two last sentences. They are said to have taken you quite a lot longer to read than two normal-spelled sentences takes. Most of us whine therefore not that we let a group of knowledgeable language consultants to develop a glossary of us can turn in when we are uncertain about how we should spell. abdc On the contrary, after all this is convenient for us language users, and we accept therefore normally SAOL as the norm.
The idea that a word must always be spelled in the same way, however, is relatively young. As late as the 1700s it was quite common that in the same letter found two, three different spellings of the same word. But when the Swedish abdc Academy was formed abdc in 1786 was decided to produce a work that normalized Swedish spelling. The Academy gave the assignment to the Carl Gustaf af Leopold, and in 1801 could be his treatise on Swedish stafsättet finally given out. So here begins the preface:
E nglish Academy öfverlemnar now to the public a work that long impatiently been väntadt. Barely Academy established, until by her was claimed that the statute of language uncertain and vacillating Ortografi. That this is not at once could be done, or should even be attempted, medgifves easily abdc by those who know the difficulty of the enterprise, and talk the language then current plight. Reglor have not for good discretion to be created for an already cultivated language. abdc They must become general conclusions from gathered observations, and by a careful knowledge of languages temper.
Already here we can see that there is a willingness to be responsive to the established practice. If you read section 2 of the introduction to the latest SAOL edition, you can see that it works according to this principle today. Exceptionally do also some attempts to standardize the language in a functional direction, so that for example, we should not get uncomfortable plural forms as avocado area.
The quote you can also see that the spelling has been changed since 1801. The fact that we no longer write väntadt, af, or medgifves is not at all the Swedish Academy merits abdc - on the contrary. If this is tomorrow's blog post.
Ylva Byrman is a language consultant and enjoy a closer look at the details of Swedish and other languages. abdc Here she blogs about language: if right and wrong, old and new, standards and challengers. Classical advice on correct language interspersed with languages reconnaissance, curiosities and personal concerns. Questions and comments can be sent to ylva.byrman@svd.se (reader e-mails may be quoted in the blog). If you have a language question, look here first.
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