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Caxton’s Egg: From Northern Dialect to Printed Standard
Episode 17
Published 3 days, 10 hours ago
Description
This episode dives into William Caxton’s decision over ‘eyren’ versus ‘egg’, revealing how early printing forced a linguistic compromise that set the course for standard English. We trace the ripple from 15th‑century dialects to today’s digital spell‑checkers.
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