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I am sitting in Caffè Nero trying to test out a new iPhone app - SpellChecker.
It has its own dictionary that it refers to as you type. However, it can also access a range of other iPhone dictionaries. I have mine linked to the very impressive (but expensive) Oxford English Dictionary and Thesaurus.
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Spelling ‘island’

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Our Debt to Pedantry

Why is ‘island’ spelled with an ’s’?
No, this isn’t a joke question. It’s not like: “Why does ‘bath’ have a silent ‘p’?” It is a question that did used to worry me. I would often be asked it. I taught English in the UK for a number of years to school [...]

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Why is ‘island’ spelled with an ’s’? 
No, this isn’t a joke question.  It’s not like: “Why does ‘bath’ have a silent ‘p’?”  It is a question that did used to worry me.  I would often be asked it.  I taught English in the UK for a number of years to school children, college students, and undergraduates, [...]

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