An address like that shews that your views are worthless.

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?


Martin
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In article , 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.

Rod.

"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.


Martin
--
M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890
Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk

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!
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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)

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:06:35 +0000, "Nick H (UK)"
wrote:

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


"Roderick Stewart" wrote

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.

Ahh, but remember that nothing on British Rail had changed for more
than a century.................... :-)
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:06:35 +0000, "Nick H (UK)"
wrote:

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


"Roderick Stewart" wrote

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.

Ahh, but remember that nothing on British Rail had changed for more
than a century.................... :-)
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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)