The periodic table of the Spanish spelling

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The Spanish linguist Juan Romeu Fernández is the brain behind this idea. Where chemists see elements, this linguist saw also spelling norms and he developed a chart based on the symbols of the well-known periodic table.  His spelling periodic table keeps the original chemical nomenclatures but with a short description of Spanish spelling standards related to the corresponding one or two letters. Immediately after its publication, the table went viral.  Clearly, it is very useful!

 

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Juan Romeu Fernández is a Spanish linguist with an extensive experience in grammar, orthography and lexicography issues. He has a PhD degree in Spanish Philology acquired at the Complutense University of Madrid. Dr. Romeu has worked for the Spanish Royal Academy of Language as a proofreader of “La nueva gramática” chapters and as a lexicographer in the SM’s Dictionary.


Written by Ana Baudot – Journalist and Social media manager.
Communication Trainee, DG TRAD – Terminology Coordination Unit

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