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Are there any typographical errors in the U.S. Declaration of Independence? ~

Posted - February 17, 2018

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  • 5835
    Well, that part about "purfuit of happinefs" is kinda hard to get along with.
      February 17, 2018 1:55 PM MST
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  • "Not in the original one" ... the typewriter wasn't invented for another ninety-two years.
      February 17, 2018 10:41 PM MST
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  • 53504



    You don't truly think that the word "typographical" only refers to typewritten works, do you?

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      February 17, 2018 10:49 PM MST
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  • Is this a trick question!?
      February 20, 2018 7:16 AM MST
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  • 53504


    Not at all. It's simple: do you think there are any typos in it?
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      February 21, 2018 6:00 AM MST
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  • Not to your original question ... to your "Do you?" question.  :)

    Anyway ... knowing the American-English language and how it evolves, there are more than likely words it in that were spelled correctly, in their day, but are no longer spelled that way.

    Or .... to put it more simply ...

      February 21, 2018 12:58 PM MST
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  • 53504


      No, it's not a trick question.
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      February 21, 2018 4:03 PM MST
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  • 53504


      "American" English?  Perhaps "Colonial" English is more accurate. The fledging country was in the process of being formed when the document was drafted, but there were certainly differences between the English spoken in England and the English spoken in the New World. Much of the high-brow language of that day was greatly influenced by British English. Also, it's not just  "American" English that evolved or evolves. 
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      February 21, 2018 4:29 PM MST
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  • I think American is more accurate ... like the language that it spoken in Mexico is Mexican, not Spanish. (and probably for most of the same reasons).
      February 26, 2018 12:28 PM MST
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  • 53504


      I find it racist to refer the language widely spoken by most Mexican people as "Mexican".    There is no such language or dialect. The language is Spanish, it is called Spanish, and it has similarities to and differences from the Spanish that is spoken all over the world. Even within the country of Mexico itself, there are regional differences in the Spanish spoken by its people.  Lastly, Spanish is not the only language spoken in Mexico or spoken by the various peoples of Mexico. 
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      February 26, 2018 6:31 PM MST
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  • Well ... we got that sorted.

      February 26, 2018 10:56 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Mexicans don't even all speak the same language. In some towns you can not order eggs for breakfast. You have to say "little white things". In many towns you can not say the brand name of your favorite beer outside the bar because most beers have suggestive names. In many towns you can not say you are hot, you have to say you have heat. And if you go to another town you have to learn a whole new collection of bowdlerisms.

    And it is just silly to think Mexican is the same as Spanish. They don't even use the same alphabet.
      February 27, 2018 3:31 AM MST
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