Shakespeare spelt thing how he felt at the time and how it fitted into his rhymes.

Spelling wasn't set in concrete until Gutenberg got mass printing going.

If I can understand what someone's making an effort to say to me, I am happy.

If I am marking a spelling test, different story.

If the Brits and the Yanks can't agree on spelling, why should we claim to be better?

Give it a break and get back to what we do best.

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