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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

On languages, one of the reasons the English language is so weird in terms of spelling vs pronunciation is, apparently, due to The Great Vowel Shift: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A980624 and the wikipedia version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

thanks for those links am, that was really interesting. i'd never heard of that phenomenon before. just think, a few hundred years ago, ALL english speakers sounded like the scots ! must have been glorious.

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Oh, I'm not claiming relationship with them. I know how to spell. Can't type worth a damn, but I can spell. My branch of the family fell off the boat in the late 1800's and are all settled in Iowa (mostly).

so being able to spell is hereditary then ? interesting.