*Poll: Franklin Half folks, did you know that 'Pennsylvania' was misspelled on the Liberty Bell?*
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*Poll: Franklin Half folks, did you know that 'Pennsylvania' was misspelled on the Liberty Bell?*
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Was it misspelled or was that one of those colonial things that were common to do at the time?
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It was common at the time, the Declaration of Independence has it spelled with one n as well.
Maybe we've been spelling it wrong ever since.
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Did you also notice they mis-spelled all words with "s" with an "f"?
Could of been worse. Could of spelled it "Pencilvania".
Spelling was pretty loose back then.
Read Lewis and Clark's journals, for instance. Lewis was a pretty well educated person for the time.
LOL ..... LOL
Misspelled by today's spelling, not misspelled by yesteryear's spelling. Dime was also misspelled as disme back then. Disme was pronounced the same as dime. Some feel that disme was pronounced "deem". Either way, the "s" was dropped because it was one of those unneeded silent letters. The i eventually evolved into a long "i" instead of the "ee" sound.
I have visited the Liberty Bell on several occasions... and yes, it was rather obvious..... I always thought it was a contemporary spelling... Cheers, RickO