LL-L: "Orthography" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 08.OCT.1999 (07)

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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk]
Subject: "Orthography"

> From: john feather [johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk]
> Subject: Orthography
>
> I have read that we spell  "won" as we do, even though in the South of
> England we pronounce it "wun", because written with a quill pen
> (technological heritage!) "wun"  would come out something like "iiiiiii"
> (without the dots, of course) and therefore be incomprehensible. I'm not

Yes, I've read somewhere in the distant past that the reason for writing
"love" & "come" instead of "luv" & "cum" is the same. I've always wondered
if there is evidence to support this, or if it's just surmise.

Sandy
http://scotstext.org

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