The quote "I have no respect for a man who can spell a word only one way." is attributed to Mark Twain. The idea however can be found in Marshal Brown Wit and Humor (1880) as “A man must be a great fool who can’t spell a word more than one way.”
Sounds more like Twain. Lincoln was a self educated lawyer, and wanted to be correct.
Since Google automatically spellchecks for you, there's little reason people can't use the "correct" spelling except laziness and trying to sound colloquial...
must67 | Total Votes: 135
choirchick
Posted on Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:30 AM |
The quote "I have no respect for a man who can spell a word only one way." is attributed to Mark Twain. The idea however can be found in Marshal Brown Wit and Humor (1880) as “A man must be a great fool who can’t spell a word more than one way.”
June 4, 2009 New York Times, http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/0...
Disreputable
Posted on Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:53 AM |
Aye khant cea thuh wizdum beahynd theat lawgyk
Dulcimerist
Posted on Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:31 AM |
Sounds more like the writings of Lewis & Clark...
gameczar
Posted on Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:30 PM |
I need my hog washed!
capkincaid
Posted on Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:40 PM |
[4] I need your hog butchered. MMMM Bacon.
dtcarson
Posted on Tue Jun 30, 2009 04:12 PM |
[3] Or Will Rogers.
bcgrote
Posted on Tue Jun 30, 2009 07:39 PM |
Sounds more like Twain. Lincoln was a self educated lawyer, and wanted to be correct.
Since Google automatically spellchecks for you, there's little reason people can't use the "correct" spelling except laziness and trying to sound colloquial...
JohnQ118
Posted on Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:04 PM |
back in the day there was no spelling.
meuboy
Posted on Wed Jul 01, 2009 05:17 AM |
I never heard about that quote from him, and I have read alot about Lincoln.