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Why English is Such a Weird Language & How Passive People Can Assert Themselves

Something You Should Know

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Why Is There an R in Missus?

There is an r in missus, because we don't say it when we say missus, but we write it. There's others that the oh, you are o r was somewhat intentional. In his first american dictionary, daniel webster decided to change some spellings with the intention of making them more regular. And what that did was make it become sociated with the american way of spelling.

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