>          Another example which I find interesting, informative, and amusing
is
>one I ran across when our daughter chose to read James Fenimore Cooper's
series
>of novels about a character who is probably best known for his role in THE
LAST
>OF THE MOHICANS.  To make a long story short, if one persists in reading all
of
>these novels one may catch a glimpse of certain pre-Webster American
spellings.
>I noticed e.g. that the word "squaw" was spelled "squar" in a particular
volume
>... but not in more recent editions from different publishers.  When I saw
this
>I thought to myself "Oh, wow... he's using British phonics!"  To test my
theory
>I reported my observation to a friend who grew up east of London.  She
couldn't
>understand what I was so excited about because she'd spell it "squar" too. 
:-)

LOL!

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