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[โ€“] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That is the most wrongest way to spell that cat's name but it somehow adds up to feel right. I'll need to ponder this for a time.

[โ€“] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

๐Ÿ˜„ I'm afraid the 18th century didn't really grasp the idea of consistent spelling, and reading primary sources from that time is enough to give anyone a headache!

Nah. It ties back to the idea that an adult's handwriting is unique. If everything else matches, but every word is spelled correctly you might have a forgery on your hands, or they could be writing under duress.

Didn't help that all of the "high-society"/"high-minded" types were as obsessed with riddles and codes as the most extreme would-be sleuths you'll meet today ... or maybe the generation of average net denizen has lost out on something.