Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th Aug 2008 23:33 UTC, submitted by Charles Wilson

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2005-07-06
best thing about that example is how modern english is a mix of latin, french, at least one germanic variant, and then something more.
its not without reason that one can hold spelling contests in english as show a word is spoken often tells you close to nothing about how its written...