• caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
    10·
    3 days ago

    That is the most wrongest way to spell that cat’s name but it somehow adds up to feel right. I’ll need to ponder this for a time.

    • Sundray@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      😄 I’m afraid the 18th century didn’t really grasp the idea of consistent spelling, and reading primary sources from that time is enough to give anyone a headache!

      • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        3 days ago

        Nah. It ties back to the idea that an adult’s handwriting is unique. If everything else matches, but every word is spelled correctly you might have a forgery on your hands, or they could be writing under duress.

        Didn’t help that all of the “high-society”/“high-minded” types were as obsessed with riddles and codes as the most extreme would-be sleuths you’ll meet today … or maybe the generation of average net denizen has lost out on something.