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The cause of inconsistencies in English spelling (iopq.wordpress.com)

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I share some of my research about the reasons why English spelling is so inconsistent

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Great overview!

One typo?

For example, any and many were spelled based on one dialect, but spelled based on another dialect instead of the also current spellings eny, meny.

I think one of those "spelled" should be "pronounced".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Thanks, fixed