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# Simpler spelling
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/simpler-spelling/
- Published: 2005-08-25T20:54:49.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T21:04:05.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Misc, Systems

![DEWEY.jpg](https://www.lorcandempsey.net/content/images/wordpress/lorcan/DEWEY.jpg)Whenever I write something in Word, it will still usually suggest several spelling changes where I have used *centre* or some other version with which the US spell-checker is unfamiliar.  
I notice from **[that](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil%5FDewey?ref=lorcandempsey.net)** invaluable resource that Melvil Dewey – spelling reformer as well as library innovator – is responsible for the shortened *catalog* as opposed to long *catalogue*.  
He suggested spelling his own name *Dui*. I have suggested that we call *WebDewey* *Gui Dui*. Nobody seems to think it is a very good idea …