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Old 06-22-2017, 12:09 PM   #39
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I don't personally think it is condescending: it's just a recognition of the fact that language changes. I suspect there are relatively few readers, for example, who would prefer to retain the "long s" that was the norm in 18th and early 19th-century spelling: "tenderneſs" rather than "tenderness", for example. Use that and the typical reaction will be "what's that funny 'f' in the middle of the word?"

Likewise, changing "shew" to "show" is simply a practical acknowledgement that the spelling of the word has changed.
I had to look up collywobbles the other day. It is rather an unknown word now.
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