I'm not calling this out because I love to be the smartest, or because I think it makes me morally superior. It certainly isn't making me richer.
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Middle English is a bit of an orthographic free-for-all, but by the Early Modern Period, say about 1550 or 1600, the present-day spellings of these words had taken root.
"Spelling is so multidimensional," said my friend. "There's grammar here, etymology, lexical phonology, and prosody.""It's everything," I agreed. "Spelling is never just spelling."
How many teachers get defensive when caught in an error by a student? The alternative is so much more fun.
"Research shows that dyslexic children need systematic instruction. Do you agree with this, and how do you address that in your approach?"