> Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have a worry with the Oxford here - there are too many related wr..
> words - wrought, wreak, wrung - all to do with a physical action. I
> suspect that work once existed as 'wrok' in some form and places, just
> as 'bird was once 'brid'. There are many letter switches like this.
Yeah, interesting, I heard about another of these switches just last night:
crud -> curd
For this one both forms survived.
...Wayne
Wayne Harridge
http://lrh.structuregraphs.com
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