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Poems showing the absurdities of English spelling

Dennis G. Jerz / 12 Apr 2006

A merchant adressing a debtor

Remarked in the course of his lebtor

   That he chose to suppose

   A man knose what he ose;

And the sooner he pays it the bebtor. —Poems showing the absurdities of English spelling (The Simplified Spelling Society)

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