Languages never stand still. Modern spelling crystallises lost pronunciations: the visual never quite catches up with the aural. (Anthony Burgess)

Languages never stand still. Modern spelling crystallises lost pronunciations: the visual never quite catches up with the aural.

Anthony Burgess

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