Re: New version of TR29:

From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 12:11:42 EDT

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John Wilcock scripsit:

> Not at all. It's an abbreviated form of forecastle, with apostrophes
> wherever letters are missed out.

Just so, and "sha'n't" is an abbreviated form of "shall not", with apostrophes
wherever letters are left out -- but it isn't English orthography.

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