The invention that broke English spelling

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You should be angry with the printing press. Here's why. And 🌏 Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/robwordsvpn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ The invention of the printing press ushered in a literary revolution, helping to create the world as we know it. However... it also made a terrible mess of English. In my latest YouTube video I explore the impact of Johannes Gutenberg's contraption on the world and on our language. Plus, with the help of design master and font fanatic @LinusBoman, I delve into the everyday terms we get from the world of printing. ▶️LINUS'S CHANNEL: https://youtube.com/linusboman ⭐️PATREON COMMUNITY: patreon.com/robwords 📝FREE NEWSLETTER: http://www.robwords.com/newsletter 📗A PRINTERS' VOCABULARY: https://words.fromoldbooks.org/Jacobi-PrintersVocabulary/ 📕HIGHLY IRREGULAR: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/highly-irregular-9780197539408?cc=lb&lang=en& Check me out on the web, on Twitter & TikTok: https://robwords.com https://x.com/robwordsYT https://tiktok.com/@robwords ==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 0:28 Invention of the printing press 2:50 William Caxton 4:25 Chancery English 4:48 NordVPN 7:17 The H in ghost 8:58 HW words become WH 10:03 Silent letters 11:04 Great Vowel Shift 12:45 Terms from printing 13:13 Linus Boman 13:52 Font or typeface? 16:00 "Out of sorts" 16:32 "Mind your Ps and Qs" 17:10 "Uppercase" and "lowercase" 18:18 "Cliché" and "stereotype" 20:00 "Logo" 21:29 Dodgy printing vocabulary