Sunday, May 12, 2013

Horrible Histories and phonetic spelling

Translate "By God I will solve it" as "You've injured my dignity and I will find a legitimate reason to punish you for it."

Be happy that I am using modern spelling and fairly modernized language. They didn't have standardized spelling in the 18th century; it was "spell it as you say it," which must have led to some interesting regional variations. I ran across a reference to salad spelled "sallet." Or would mysterious myspellings add to your enjoyment?

Well, why don't I let Horrible Histories tell you more about it.
 

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