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Don Andrews

Pronunciation again?

April 23, 2013, 10:31 a.m. (Message 63983)

I believe the spelling of 'Home' was changed to 'Hume' by the 18th century
Scottish philosopher David Hume as a step towards spelling rationalisation -
all to do with the Scottish Enlightenment.  Not all the other Homes followed
his example though!

Don Andrews