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Word: wich (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...figure and "eyes like muscatel grapes," he quickly let her know that his first love was English. He packed her off to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to drop her "very queer R's" and pick up her elocutionary ABCs. One of his early obiter dictions: "Wot, wich, were, wen. weel, etc. are absolutely incorrect; but the alternatives hwat, hwich, hwere, hwen, and hweel are equally incorrect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Unteachable Molly | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

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