Historical Reading and Spelling

[MacWage]

I am talking about the 1500s through 1800, before spelling was standardized anything close to modern spellings.

[JimB]

No I don't think my spelling goes down. In fact, I pick up on the differences pretty quickly and wonder about the freedom people seem to have felt back then to spell things any darn way they wished. Kinda fun really.

I have noticed that my vocabulary has increased a lot and I'm picking up more arcane words into my everyday speech. When you read this stuff daily like I do, it sort of creeps in.

Right now I'm reading "Our First Revolution" by Michael Barone. It's about the English revolution of 1688 and how it impacted our American Revolution. The right to bear arms came right out of this.
Fascinating.

PS......please ignore any misspellings in the above :-)

[McMurdo]

I am talking about the 1500s through 1800, before spelling was standardized anything close to modern spellings.

Oh alright, well to answer your question no that does not degrade my spelling either.