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 Fri 23 Sep 11 12:53 
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ? - Bromptonaut
>> Shew and shewed appear several times in my Grandad's WW1 diaries - in beautifully neat
>> writing and virtually perfect grammar and spelling, despite him leaving school at age 14.


People who can grasp the writing/grammar stuff usually have it sewn up by 14. WW1 also demonstrated to the powers that be the extent of illiteracy among a large number of recruits.

Leaving school unable to read/write is not sometihng that started after the sixties!!
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 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  R.P. 21 Sep 11 15:35
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Slidingpillar 21 Sep 11 15:41
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Ted 21 Sep 11 15:43
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Cliff Pope 21 Sep 11 15:44
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  R.P. 21 Sep 11 15:53
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Armel Coussine 21 Sep 11 21:10
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Bromptonaut 21 Sep 11 21:12
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Londoner 21 Sep 11 21:16
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Armel Coussine 21 Sep 11 21:22
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  swiss tony 21 Sep 11 21:23
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Londoner 21 Sep 11 22:19
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  swiss tony 21 Sep 11 22:28
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Cliff Pope 22 Sep 11 08:42
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Londoner 22 Sep 11 13:33
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  CGNorwich 21 Sep 11 22:10
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  CGNorwich 21 Sep 11 22:19
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  franfran 22 Sep 11 06:21
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Roger. 22 Sep 11 08:32
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Arctophile 22 Sep 11 08:59
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  PhilW 22 Sep 11 22:12
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Iffy 23 Sep 11 09:39
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  FocalPoint 23 Sep 11 11:56
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Iffy 23 Sep 11 12:04
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  R.P. 23 Sep 11 16:20
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Roger. 26 Sep 11 14:23
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  FocalPoint 26 Sep 11 14:39
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Roger. 26 Sep 11 17:32
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  CGNorwich 26 Sep 11 17:55
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  CGNorwich 26 Sep 11 17:06
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Mapmaker 23 Sep 11 11:58
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  FocalPoint 23 Sep 11 12:02
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  sooty123 23 Sep 11 16:43
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  FocalPoint 23 Sep 11 16:54
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  bathtub tom 23 Sep 11 23:31
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  zookeeper 25 Sep 11 00:21
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  FocalPoint 26 Sep 11 11:46
  
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Avant 30 Sep 11 00:15
  
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Roger. 26 Sep 11 17:34
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Roger. 26 Sep 11 14:23
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Bromptonaut 23 Sep 11 12:53
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  CGNorwich 23 Sep 11 12:59
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Iffy 23 Sep 11 13:02
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Bromptonaut 23 Sep 11 13:49
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Iffy 23 Sep 11 13:52
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  WillDeBeest 23 Sep 11 14:58
 "Shown" or "Shewn" ?  Pat 23 Sep 11 15:16
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