Luke
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Do you know of anywhere that lists other words that had their spelling changed at about the same time due to their perceived origins (correctly or not)?As in island?
Debt, Doubt, Receipt, Indict, Phlegm, Diarrhea, Anthony, Salmon, Falcon and People being some other examples.
I was told when at Junior school that the extra letters suggested for the 'better' spellings in the 16th Century were readily used by scribs of the day who would be paid according to the length of text that they wrote. I've never since heard or read of that reason for the spelling changes being taken up but it sort of makes sense.