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Word: spel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fonology a spasm. I never saw em used for the sound in seem. It is always as in gem,-hem. To skolars c is merely the round form of k and some day wil be displaced by k; but we leav cream as no one mispronounces it. "-But we spel leag so foreners and children won't pronouns it in 2 sylables like ague. They call head heed, like bead, but our hed is clearer as is our shorter and better hav; but have will be pronounsd like gave, lave, nave, rave, save, wave. We all know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 4, 1925 | 5/4/1925 | See Source »

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