Old English spelling was consistent and phonetic. But it wouldn’t stay that way, with the 11th century Norman conquest of England bringing new spellings and words. Now English gained new spel…

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

  • klu9@piefed.socialEnglish
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    11 months ago

    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”.