Clarification Edit: for people who speak English natively and are learning a second language

  • inefficient_electron@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Yep. It’s a bit hard to fathom today, but in the Middle Ages few people had the ability to read and write, mostly either learned monks and clergy, or those wealthy enough to be taught by them. With such a small pool of people, it’s comparatively easy to influence the prevailing spelling through the actions of a few.