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Old 04-20-2012, 01:01 PM   #193
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
Well, if I say no, are you going to bring up Chaucer?

What spellings are so altered in the last 200 or so years as to be completely incomprehensible now?
No, I was actually thinking of more modern things. Eg, in the original Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books, they often use the then-common spelling of "clew", rather than "clue". Would you change that, or leave it as it is?
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