Dearest creature in creation Studying English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse. I will keep you, Susy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy; Tear in eye, your dress you’ll tear; Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer. Pray, console your loving poet, Make my coat …
Tag: spelling
Apr 15
Early copyediting
Last week I visited the Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp, Belgium. The 16th- and 17th-century printshop is fascinating and beautiful. Spelling was a quite flexible concept back then, but sharp-eyed copyeditors checked proofs for typesetting and other errors.
Mar 30