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Why spelling became standardized
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Writers used to enjoy absolute anarchy when it came to spelling their own names. Without mass-produced dictionaries, people simply wrote words out phonetically based on their immediate regional accent. Once mechanical presses started churning out identical copies of texts by the thousands, publishers demanded consistency so readers would actually understand the printed pages.
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