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The following is a list of words misheard and misspelled by Oxford.
The logic of the evidence of course is that the misspelling
implies an original mishearing. Mere spelling variants are not
included in this list.
Oxford wrote:
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accept for except
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agers for agents
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aquighted for acquitted
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churge for church
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dept for debt
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impodent for impudent
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importunate for importune
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interessed for interested
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lenghe for length
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leveid for lived
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lyggates for lingots (ingots)
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my thinkes for methinks
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necescassarye for necessary
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obsurdite for absurdity
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privoy for privy
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reame for realm
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stammarye for stannary
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sticken for sticking
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subieste for suggest
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Wesmester for Westminster
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Wiwehole for Wivenhoe
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yowse for use
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