CockneyRebel wrote:
I'll spell Welcome as Welkome with a K in my introductions, for a very obvious reason. Other than that, I like to keep a very close watch on my spelling and grammar.
I can't tell the reason.;;; (Oh wait, is it because Kinks starts with K?)
But I really like it with a k even without a reason! It sounds better in my head when I read it.
I agree with the_curmudge, too.
I am reading Moby Dick right now and some of the spellings get very interesting. It kind of makes me wish we never standardized spellings, because it seems like spelling used to be another means of expressive communication by the author, same as word-choice, etc. (Actually, a lot of the "factual" information in Moby Dick gets pretty creative too. It is all very funny to read. And for certain, standardization and modern editing and fact-checking would have destroyed that book and made it as dull as a lot of people with no sense of humor think it is. Not that that's all it has going for it. But it needs its wildness.)
Also, I don't know if it counts as a misspelling, but this thread makes me think of that "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" riddle.
The answer being: “Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is
nevar put with the wrong end in front!”
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