Orthography Change
- Created by: sally_p
- Created on: 18-02-19 16:02
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- Orthography Change
- 16th century
- "-e" endings left over Middle English
- random vowel doublings (e.g. "we" = "wee")
- "u" + "v" used interchangeably on printing press
- random consonant doublings (e.g. "naturall")
- 18th century
- Johnson's dictionary created "correct" spellings
- archaic letters
- Thorn
- Yogh
- Webster's dictionary
- 1928, Noah Webster
- American English = more logical + phonetic
- colour = color, centre = center, defence = defense
- not all changes implemented
- 19th-21st century
- more consistent + standardised spelling
- more education
- deliberate mis-spelling
- texting
- counter-culture
- 16th century
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