Mencken, H.L. 1921. The American Language

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H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.

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7. The conversion of decayed diphthongs into simple vowels:

American	English
anemia	anæmia
anesthetic	anæsthetic
encyclopedia	encyclopædia
diarrhea	diarrhœa
ecology	œcology
ecumenical	œcumenical
edema	œdema
eon	æon
esophagus	œsophagus
esthetic	æsthetic
estival	æstival
etiology	ætiology
hemorrhage	hæmorrhage
medieval	mediæval
septicemia	septicæmia

8. The change of compound consonants into simple consonants:

bark (ship)	barque
burden (ship’s)	burthen
check (bank)	cheque
draft (ship’s)	draught
picket (military)	piquet
plow	plough
vial	phial

9. The change of o into a:

naught	nought
pudgy	podgy
slug (verb)	slog
slush	slosh
taffy	toffy (or toffee)

10. The change of e into i:

inclose	enclose
indorse	endorse
inquire	enquire
jimmy (burglar’s)	jemmy
scimitar	scimetar

11. The change of y into a, ia or i:

ataxia	ataxy
baritone	barytone
cachexia	cachexy
cider	cyder
pajamas	pyjamas
siphon	syphon
siren	syren
tire (noun)	tyre

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