[Magdalen] Bow-Wow.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

We might even say these are due to the shifty language of English.

"Welll ! ! !  Strip ma gears, an' call me shiftless ! ! ! "

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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>
> In a message dated 2/13/2016 11:18:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> fleenerj at gmail.com writes:
>
> I love  watching this, thanks for the notice.Now if someone can give me
> notice  about the National Spelling Bee...I enjoy watching that, too and am
> amazed  at the proficiency of those young people whose families are  from
> India>>>>>>
>
> It's amazing that anyone can be a master of English language  spelling.
> I understand it is such a nightmare because many spellings were
> already codified before the "Great Vowel Shift" caused the  pronunciation
> and the spellings to be at odds.
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift
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>
>
> David Strang.
>