http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/wymondham-norfolk-and-wymondley-hertfordshire Language in a word Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:04:18 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/wymondham-norfolk-and-wymondley-hertfordshire/comment-page-1#comment-18321 Michael Lamb Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:17 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=606#comment-18321 Wickham, Hampshire, which William of Wykeham was William of, changed to that spelling before the rot set in. So did some of the families of that name. There are plenty of other names that took that route, but I'm sure you can think of a lot more than I can. It's a choice between rot-proofing by spelling reform or rot by spelling-pronunciation really, isn't it? Wickham, Hampshire, which William of Wykeham was William of, changed to that spelling before the rot set in. So did some of the families of that name. There are plenty of other names that took that route, but I’m sure you can think of a lot more than I can. It’s a choice between rot-proofing by spelling reform or rot by spelling-pronunciation really, isn’t it?

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