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One man's illiteracy is another man's dyslexia.

Sounds like ******** to me. They're distinct problems. The latter
is sometimes used as an excuse for the former, though.

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:53:04 -0000, "Fleetie"
wrote:

"Roderick Stewart" wrote
Fleetie wrote:
Why do some people mis-spell "shows" as "shews" and "shown" as "shewn"?

I've seen this many more times than I would expect, since it seems a very
unlikely mis-spelling to me.

I even saw it on a QUAD valve amplifier circuit diagram from the official
manual. (Decades old, of course.)

Is there something more than mere illiteracy at work here?

Yes, archaism.

The OED lists "shew" as a variation of "show", so I guess that's how it used
to be spelt.

Thanks. I wondered if it was something like that. Good to hear it confirmed
by someone else.

But let's be fair, it wasn't spelt 'shews' when Queen Victoria was
alive, never mind Peter Walker!
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:53:04 -0000, "Fleetie"
wrote:

"Roderick Stewart" wrote
Fleetie wrote:
Why do some people mis-spell "shows" as "shews" and "shown" as "shewn"?

I've seen this many more times than I would expect, since it seems a very
unlikely mis-spelling to me.

I even saw it on a QUAD valve amplifier circuit diagram from the official
manual. (Decades old, of course.)

Is there something more than mere illiteracy at work here?

Yes, archaism.

The OED lists "shew" as a variation of "show", so I guess that's how it used
to be spelt.

Thanks. I wondered if it was something like that. Good to hear it confirmed
by someone else.

But let's be fair, it wasn't spelt 'shews' when Queen Victoria was
alive, never mind Peter Walker!
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:23:46 -0000, "Fleetie"
wrote:

One man's illiteracy is another man's dyslexia.

Sounds like ******** to me. They're distinct problems. The latter
is sometimes used as an excuse for the former, though.

DIZZLECKZIAHH ROOLS, KO!!

BTW, why is dyslexia so hard to spell?
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:23:46 -0000, "Fleetie"
wrote:

One man's illiteracy is another man's dyslexia.

Sounds like ******** to me. They're distinct problems. The latter
is sometimes used as an excuse for the former, though.

DIZZLECKZIAHH ROOLS, KO!!

BTW, why is dyslexia so hard to spell?
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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In article ,
Fleetie wrote:
Why do some people mis-spell "shows" as "shews" and "shown" as "shewn"?

'Shewn' was commonly used as the past tense of 'to show' some years ago,
but it's fallen out of use. Shew instead of show is just an older
spelling, but I can't remember it in common use.

--
*All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

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In article ,
Fleetie wrote:
Why do some people mis-spell "shows" as "shews" and "shown" as "shewn"?

'Shewn' was commonly used as the past tense of 'to show' some years ago,
but it's fallen out of use. Shew instead of show is just an older
spelling, but I can't remember it in common use.

--
*All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

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"Dave Plowman" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Fleetie wrote:
Why do some people mis-spell "shows" as "shews" and "shown" as "shewn"?

'Shewn' was commonly used as the past tense of 'to show' some years ago,
but it's fallen out of use. Shew instead of show is just an older
spelling, but I can't remember it in common use.

--
*All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Its most common use was on boards at the exit from a station platform. The
boards said something like "Passengers are asked to shew their tickets at
the gate."

Summat like that, any road up.

Cheers, Sage

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"Dave Plowman" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Fleetie wrote:
Why do some people mis-spell "shows" as "shews" and "shown" as "shewn"?

'Shewn' was commonly used as the past tense of 'to show' some years ago,
but it's fallen out of use. Shew instead of show is just an older
spelling, but I can't remember it in common use.

--
*All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand *

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn

Its most common use was on boards at the exit from a station platform. The
boards said something like "Passengers are asked to shew their tickets at
the gate."

Summat like that, any road up.

Cheers, Sage

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Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:53:04 -0000, "Fleetie"
wrote:


"Roderick Stewart" wrote

Fleetie wrote:

Why do some people mis-spell "shows" as "shews" and "shown" as "shewn"?

I've seen this many more times than I would expect, since it seems a very
unlikely mis-spelling to me.

I even saw it on a QUAD valve amplifier circuit diagram from the official
manual. (Decades old, of course.)

Is there something more than mere illiteracy at work here?

Yes, archaism.

The OED lists "shew" as a variation of "show", so I guess that's how it used
to be spelt.

Thanks. I wondered if it was something like that. Good to hear it confirmed
by someone else.


But let's be fair, it wasn't spelt 'shews' when Queen Victoria was
alive, never mind Peter Walker!

Probably was.

Me, as a child, "Daddy, why does that sign say 'tickets must be shewn...'?"

That would have been Nineteen-fifty-something.

--
Nick H (UK)