A History of English Spelling since 597ad: Where Did It All Go Wrong?

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Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use the code letthemtalktv at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to https://saily.com/letthemtalktv Dan Quayle couldn't spell 'potato', Ernest Hemmingway couldn't spell 'definite, Winston Churchill was a bad speller and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Why is English spelling so weird? We look at the history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the modern day. If you're learning English or you're interesting in the history of English join my Patreon. Wisdom guaranteed. More information here. www.patreon.com/LetThemTalkTV Sign up for the LetThemTalkTV newsletter here. https://letthemtalktv.substack.com/ It's full of interesting insights and stories about the English language and it's free! 00:00 Famous bad spellers 04:16 Saily 5:43 Ghoti is not fish 7:29 Anglo-Saxon scribes 10:55 French trained scribes 14:59 The handwriting of scribes 17:45 The printing press 20:59 The Great Vowel Shift 23:35 The classical scholars