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Maverick88 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Playwright

How come that "Playwright" is spelled is such a strabge way?
  

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It may seem strange but this spelling of wright has nothing to do with writing. It means 'a maker or builder' and it is used in other words as well. Shipwright - someone who builds ships wheelwright - maker of wooden cart wheels and I'm sure there are others.

— Nona the brit

  • It may seem strange but this spelling of wright has nothing to do with writing.
  • It means 'a maker or builder' and it is used in other words as well.
  • Shipwright - someone who builds ships wheelwright - maker of wooden cart wheels and I'm sure there are others.
  • However, it only appears in quite specific combinations, unless you are being creative and inventing a new term for effect.
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It may seem strange but this spelling of wright has nothing to do with writing. It means 'a maker or builder' and it is used in other words as well.

Shipwright - someone who builds ships
wheelwright - maker of wooden cart wheels

and I'm sure there are others. However, it only appears in quite specific combinations, unless you are being creative and inventing a new term
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Many English words are spelled in a way completely different from the way they are currently spoken. But the spelled form of an English word mostly is a result of the word's history. Let me tell about the case of 'wright'.

The word 'wright' is said to come from an Old Teutonic word stem '***.' (The Old Teutonic is an ancient language spoken by the Germanic people who were living in Nor
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Thank you, Paco and Nona.
Paco, I am fascinated by your memorability:)
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