Sentence examples for historical spelling from inspiring English sources

[3] The historical spelling "Guiana" is maintained when referring to the French territory, but was changed to "Guyana" by the independent republic of that name.

"You have two very different Christian experiences; both of them can be equally rich and nuanced, but one tended to leave a much richer and more layered testimony about itself," said Richard Pickering, deputy director of program innovation at Plimoth Plantation, the recreated colonial village in Plymouth that uses the historical spelling of the name.

These oldest sources are written in Man'yōgana which clearly identifies the historical spelling as ki1tune.

The Treaty of Butre between the Netherlands and Ahanta was signed at Butre (historical spelling: Boutry), Dutch Gold Coast on 27 August 1656.

Spain's 1985 Law of Historical Patrimony spells out that conservation, consolidation and rehabilitation of historical monuments "should avoid all efforts at reconstruction unless parts proven to belong to the original are used".

Although "wu long" and "oolong" are two legitimate spellings of the same word, for chance historical reasons, the spelling "wu long" has come to be associated with weight loss fads.

In short, accessible chapters, Crystal gives the historical background to spelling irregularities that might otherwise seem arbitrary or random — "The origins of spelling difficulties in English lie in the fact that there are far more sounds in the language than there are letters" — and encourages readers to see spelling not "as a daunting barrier" but as a "voyage of exploration".

Variations from uniformity at a given time were minor; but, during the course of the various historical periods, the spelling developed and changed.

While the program contains a two-page glossary of Zimbabwean cultural terms, not all the drama's social and historical perspectives are spelled out so clearly by the playwright.

But many of these errors stem from Googling a name and taking the spelling — or historical fact — as gospel".

Fante confederacy, Fante also spelled Fanti, historical group of states in what is now southern Ghana.