Tag Archives: OED

Joseph Banks in a Dutch Track Shoot

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Ingrid Tieken

About a year ago, I gave a workshop to our second-year students here at Leiden on eighteenth-century letter writing. To practice their newly acquired skills, the students had to produce a transcription of a letter by Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), whose letters … Continue reading →

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OED not (yet) helpful on Turkies

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Ingrid Tieken

Analysing Jane Austen’s spelling in her letters, I found the plural Turkies rather than Turkeys as we spell it today: he hopes all your Turkies & Ducks & Chicken & Guinea Fowls are very well (letter 21) We are just … Continue reading →

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