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minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-26 months agoThe spelling differences are actually mostly due to Noah Webster standardising what he saw as pure Anglo-Saxon English without corruption by French princelings.
The spelling differences are actually mostly due to Noah Webster standardising what he saw as pure Anglo-Saxon English without corruption by French princelings.
Hah, that makes sense.