Traditional English spelling adds e's in lots of places. It is said that in the late 1500's when the printing press had just been invented, and a universal spelling system had not yet developed, that the printers would sometimes add e's in order to make the lines of print line up. Some places where e's appear are: after a final 's' to make it represent the 's' sound rather than 'z' (sense, terse); to make the letter 'c' sound like an 's' (receive); to make the letter 'g' sound like a 'j' (siege, engage); or for no apparent reason at all (give, have, little).
e-speec doesn't add e's. So we achieve simplifications like: sens (sense), reseev (receive), seej
(seige), giv (give), hav (have), litl (little), conserv (conserve), consecyutiv (consecutive), imbyu (imbue),
di (die).
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