[nopardons]

People were still speaking Middle English in 1755? I bet that would be news to them!

Johnson's dictionary is what solidified the spelling of English.

And yes,dear,we all know that Shakespeare spelled not only his name,but many words differently,through the years. Why don't you assume that all of us on this thread are at least as educated as you;if not more so. :-)

[durasell]

Ouch!

p.s.
Johnson was a block head.

[Graybeard58]

Why don't you assume that all of us on this thread are at least as educated as you;if not more so. :-)

I always assume that. My formal education ended after 12 years.

I did pay attention though.

[Question_Assumptions]

People were still speaking Middle English in 1755? I bet that would be news to them!

Johnson's dictionary is what solidified the spelling of English.

And I'm sure that he put the "k" and "gh" in "knight" and all those "silent 'e's" on the ends of words because he liked the way they looked, too, right? Out of curiosity, why do you think Johnson chose not to spell words phonetically? I'd like to hear your theory.

And yes,dear,we all know that Shakespeare spelled not only his name,but many words differently,through the years. Why don't you assume that all of us on this thread are at least as educated as you;if not more so. :-)

I'm simply following the lead of the self-appointed grammar police and being as patronizing as possible. I thought that was the norm for silly discussions about grammar. When the grammar cops stop give up the patronizing tone, I'll be more than happy to.