"Columbia" is not as scandalous as it looks. "Colombia" is a Spanish word. English and Spanish have different orthographies. It is not uncommon to Anglicise foreign proper nouns. No one objects to "Brazil" but Portuguese spelling is "Brasil". People are still spelling "Turkey" instead of "Türkiye".

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What is the Bloo Bouk again? Spelling? Orthography? Reform? Middle Ages? Mythology? Oh well...

The Bloo Bouk is a standardised code of English spelling going back to the middle ages. To this day, its orthography is more consistent and preserves a link with the oldest traditions of English.

Then, hwen Ser Jon marcht widd his nyts throo the forest awfter dusk, a new pawth apeerd. It wos a dark and sented tùnel reminìssent ov the sácred mertel. Thae roed in, kwikly, enchànted by the mistërios invitácion. Thae roed as if thear horses had winns. (Bloo Bouk, fragment 72d)

Edward III, founder of the Knighthood of the Bloo Bouk, was the first to use this noble English flag in battle. It must not be stolen by the hate of the bigots. Stand up now and reclaim the flag! #ReclaimTheFlag

English does not have an orthography. Orthography is 'right writing'. English has only a coinography, its 'common writing'. There has never been agreement on authoritative sources of 'right' writing. The closest would be Chaucer. Don't let your dictionary know. #spelling

To the victims of spelling bigotry on this site: The Knighthood of the Bloo Bouk supports you. English has no official spelling. We say yes to diversity and creative inclusiveness. Say no to the spelling zealots! The Bloo Bouk is open to everyone. #orthography

A vanished knighthood, a lasting legacy. The Bloo Bouk still holds the key for the sacred spellings. Join the search!

From the enchanted forest where the Bloo Bouk was once hidden by Hedwynne and his knights... the leaves still whisper a secret never forgotten.

Great Vowel Shift in Action: It's 1582. Mulcaster becomes the founder of English lexicography with his Generall Table. Look at the entries for devise. Two accents for two possible pronunciations: divíſe (long i), devìſe (short i), same with bíble/bìble. The former emerging, the latter obsolescent.

In 1054, within the halls of Winchester Castle, the Knighthood of the Bloo Bouk took the Oath of Spelling before King Edward the Confessor. From that day forth, they swore to guard the Bloo Bouk and its sacred spellings against the shadows yet to come. ⚔📜✨ #spelling #orthography

In the margins of the Bloo Bouk, the word appears as dreem. In Devilspel, it is dream. Which spelling feels more magical to you? Comment below! The Bouk keeps count... 📜✨ #spelling #orthography

The Letter æ (ash): now rare in Devilspel alphabet, but preserved in the Bloo Bouk by the Knighthood (also ae): day > dæ say > sæ rain > ræn Spain > Spæn bake > bæk date > dæt Which do you prefer: to banish or to restore? Comment ‘restore’ or ‘banish.’ #spelling #orthography

Two tongues. Two worlds. One truth. Which would you follow: Bloo Bouk or Devilspel?

We're starting the first search party for the Bloo Bouk in more than 200 years. Be a part of the journey!

From the Paston Letters, 1453: This is what happens if you lose all English dominions in France. Norfolk's Petition to the House of Lords

URGENT! New unearthed Fragments from The Booke of Hedwynne #spelling #orthography

Royal & Saently News #spelling #orthography

The Bloo Bouk is lost. The time to find it is now. Will you join the search? An ancient manuscript whispered to contain a system of sacred spelling — suppressed, scattered, buried beneath centuries of silence. Knights once guarded it. Monarchs feared it. The Bloo Bouk vanished. Help bring it back!

From Reginald Pecock's Book of Feith (1456), heavily influenced by Chaucer's spelling, and a major orthographic influence on the Bloo Bouk.

Whispers from the Bloo Bouk echo through the ages. Are you ready to hear them?

Richard Mulcaster criticises the attempt to introduce foreign letters or invent new ones for a standardisation of English spelling. English has enough letters and digraphs to accommodate a reasonable, standardised orthography that respects custom. From the 1582 Elementary.

James Howell in his 1662 Grammar, didactic examples of English adjectives: black pudding, fair maid, hansom whore.

U or UE? This Bloo Bouk standardisation of the "long u" in the last syllable of non-Nordic words (mostly Latin-Romance words) goes back, it is reported, to the 1687 conclave. Note that blu may fall in the Nordic (bloo) or non-Nordic key (blu). #spelling #orthography

James Howell's 1662 Grammar proposes 12 light orthographic adjustments, five of which were implemented. This discreet achievement was the most successful attempt to reform English spelling. #orthography #spelling

Different spellings for the same word were once good form. Thomas Eliot to Henry VIII: "TRVELY I am, and euer haue bene of this oppynion, *mooste* noble, *moste* puissaunt, and moste vertuouse Prynce, that the Royall astate of a kynge here in erth, next unto god, is of men moste to be honoured."

#BlooBouk #Spelling #BookLore #AltLit #Orthography Still wondering what Bloo Bouk spelling is about? Someone wrote a piece about it, find out here: thecarolingian.com/c25.html#f5

The flag ov the Nythoud ov the Bloo Bouk, keeping the legassy alyv. The broad bred eeting brydgrooms brudder wil brood and breed the bryd in braed.

The triumphal entry of the Knights of the Bloo Bouk in Winchester, marking the final victory over Devilspel. A depiction of the monastic prophecy. #spelling #BlooBouk #AltLit

#spelling #BlooBouk #orthography #AltLit BROOKE in Nordic words. A fragment from the Bloo Bouk, 2B, f. 219. Updated for the first modern English conclave.

📒 Some books are written to undo. The Yellow Book of Chaos is the counterpart to the Bloo Bouk — a scattered, unstable text that corrupts spelling, fractures memory, dissolves meaning. Its origin is unknown. Its pages rewrite themselves. Those who read it too long forget the shape of words.

#BlooBouk #AltLit #spelling The Bloo Bouk spelling isn’t a reform. It isn’t a crusade. It isn’t for the unwilling. It’s an optional code — poetic, precise, perfectly content to coexist.

📘The Bloo Bouk is the chief legacy of a forgotten knighthood of scribes, said to descend from Aldhelm. It preserves a learned, evolving spelling — a beacon of beauty and clarity amid the sea of chaos. #BlooBouk #LiteraryFragments #Spelling #mythopoeia

For those newly joined: the Bloo Bouk we post from is a copy. The original, the source manuscript, remains lost. We are now organising a search. More details to follow. This is not just a literary mission. It is a matter of memory. #SpellingReform #BlooBouk #AltLit #BookLore #MysticModernism

Then, at nyt, hwyl thee aul wos at sinning, the syt ov a mount apeerd to Ser Jon, hwear the sun shon generosly. The breez from the see carid a fresh sent, and moest special wos the sent ov a hwyt flower as pur as virgginity. (Bloo Bouk, fragment 2B)