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John Wells wrote > And what about "lead (Pb), lead (v. present), led (v. past)", but > "red, read (present), read (past)"? Why do we all have to burden our > memories with such inconsistencies? Lectal variation has nothing to do with > > it. Which prompts me to ask: I see the common sense in the notion that spelling "inconsistencies" burden the memory, but is it correct? Is there any kind of hard evidence to that effect? Ole Stig Andersen Copenhagen