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A lot of peopl« assume that■Old English is to blame for that troublesome “qu” in our language. A recent report from a publication in Iowa says ’tis not so.
It was the Normans who wished it on us through their Concwest of England, says Dr. Ernest C. Fossum at Iowa State College. For some cwaint reason they figured their French “qu”, derived from the Latin, was easier to sound than the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) “cw”. -
We wouldn’t ewarrel with the French about it now, there being cwite enough to ewarrel about these days without that. But we feel we can properly ewestion
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