Mudcat Café message #4168861

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Thread #172238 Message #4168861
Posted By: MaJoC the Filk
31-Mar-23 - 10:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: words that are hard to spell
Subject: RE: BS: words that are hard to spell

> It has to do with having to stop and think how to spell "license."
> Something I have to do rather often.

Something us right-pondians have to do twice: for some reason, the English mutated the noun to "licence", while retaining "license" for the verb. Mebbe it's to do with us never having got over 1066, but developing an inferiority complex over French spelling.