[PRCo] Re: Good Gosh!

[John Swindler]

Another favorite saying:  Those who know only one way to spell a word show a lack of creativity.
 
(:>)
 
John
 
 
 
> From: galtfd at att.net> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 10:32:39 -0700> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Good Gosh!> > On 5 May 2008 at 18:55, Bob Rathke wrote:> > > Actually, Ken, you spelled it correctly, just the way Moses Cleaveland did > > over 200 years ago.> > > > The story (not sure if it's true) is that sometime around 1800 a newspaper > > there didn't have enough space to typeset "Cleaveland" in their masthead, so > > they shortened it to "Cleveland", and the revised spelling stuck.> > > > Let's say "alternate spelling". Odds are that Moses Cleaveland's family came > from the area in NE England that today is always spelled "Cleveland".> > Don G> > 
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