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The invention that broke English spelling

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The invention of the printing press ushered in a literary revolution, helping to create the world as we know it. However... it also made a terrible mess of English.

In my latest YouTube video I explore the impact of Johannes Gutenberg's contraption on the world and on our language. Plus, with the help of design master and font fanatic ‪@LinusBoman‬, I delve into the everyday terms we get from the world of printing.

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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:28 Invention of the printing press
2:50 William Caxton
4:25 Chancery English
4:48 NordVPN
7:17 The H in ghost
8:58 HW words become WH
10:03 Silent letters
11:04 Great Vowel Shift
12:45 Terms from printing
13:13 Linus Boman
13:52 Font or typeface?
16:00 "Out of sorts"
16:32 "Mind your Ps and Qs"
17:10 "Uppercase" and "lowercase"
18:18 "Cliché" and "stereotype"
20:00 "Logo"
21:29 Dodgy printing vocabulary

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