A less-interesting "Memorex moment," but WTF?

[Wilson Gray]

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 6:38 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> According to the OED, both made an appearance in the same 1585 publication
> which, at the moment, stands as the earliest example:
>
> 1585 Â  Â T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. iii. 73 b,
>> [They] let their mustaches grow very long.
>> 1585 Â  Â T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xii. 125
>> [They] suffered no haire to grow, but only the moustaches betwixt the nose &
>> the mouth.
>

The two spellings have been in competition from the time of their
earliest documentation?!!!

Interesting!

Youneverknow.

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