Endnotes Spelling Bee: Why 'u' became 'o' and 'i' became 'y'
Channel: Alliterative
Date: 2018-07-17

Following up on the comments on our Spelling video, we reply to Saxo Ungrammaticus about the illogical 'o's in 'come', 'some', 'monk', etc. Again the explanation involves French scribes and medieval scripts.

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