|
 Spelling
The following is a list of
many of the words used in the journals of Lewis, Clark, Gass,
etc. Because the English language was less standardized in
1803, phonetic spellings were very common. Noah Webster published
the American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828.
Try to guess what each of
the following words were meant to represent and then click
here to compare your answers.
| Abbreviations |
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| stard |
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| abo |
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| morng |
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| sd |
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| &c. |
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| covd |
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| abt |
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| oC |
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| mls |
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| yds |
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| Elementary!
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| meddison |
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| burthens |
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| thro |
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| waid |
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| jist |
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| hir |
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| git |
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| excedent |
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| intrepters |
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| persel |
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| fuil |
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| musik |
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| verry |
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| tale |
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| ware |
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| destant |
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| acidence |
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| neckid |
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| What? |
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| akehorns |
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| sower |
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| acked |
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| carsh |
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| sweze |
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| shoote |
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| hors |
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| worm |
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| diat |
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| resent |
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| whole |
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| boles |
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| rotes |
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| pore |
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| drid |
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| Really
Diffikult |
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| fessons |
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| sects |
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| square |
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| raped |
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| tooms |
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| orter |
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| cew |
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| trofea |
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| ascid |
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| axess |
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| buty |
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| furin |
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| asc |
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| ware |
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