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It tends to be standardized within a single country.


Standardizations can be notoriously inconsistent[1], disregarded[2] or evolve fast[3].

There’s a surprising amount of interesting articles on wikipedia about that.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ough_(orthography)#Spelling_re...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_dialect

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensational_spelling


Whoosh :)


No I understood. I just failed to see the relevance.


Is it hiccough or hiccup in the US?


And standardised within an empire.




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