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Stuff like this still happens, and constantly. I believe now it's the Associated Press which dictates how new words should be spelled and how they're used. Apparently in the last year or so they've decided that "tweet" remains lower case, while "Twittering" uses a capital T because "Twitter" is now a proper noun.
Who knew?
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As a copy-editor for my college's daily paper, I actually did.
Anyway, as someone who actually believes the English language and spelling have some innate aesthetic value, this is the worst idea I've heard all day. On the plus side, none of it will ever be adopted. At least not all at once like that; I'm totally aware that lexicon and language change over time.
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and "heifer" — a word spelled correctly during the first oral round of the bee Thursday by Texas competitor Ramesh Ghanta — should be "hefer."
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Wait, they're advocating an entirely phonetic dictionary and they don't have enough sense to realize that "heifer" should become "heffer"? Dumb f*cks.