The below podcast might be of interest.

Episode 153: Zombie Letters
[historyofenglishpodcast.com]

History of English Language
[historyofenglishpodcast.com]

"In early Modern English, writers and printers began to revise the spelling
of many English words to reflect their etymological origins. ... This fad
reached its height in the mid-1500s, and it wreaked havoc on Modern
English spelling and pronunciation."

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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