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Ѹˡˤϡ3ʸ§פȸƤФ롼뤬롥Ķ٤εǽñ3ʸʾ֤ʤФʤʤȤΤѸǤ "the three letter rule" 뤤 "the short word rule" Ȥ롥Jespersen (149) εҤϤ褦
4.96. Another orthographic rule was the tendency to avoid too short words. Words of one or two letters were not allowed, except a few constantly recurring (chiefly grammatical) words: a . I . am . an . on . at . it . us . is . or . up . if . of . be . he . me . we . ye . do . go . lo . no . so . to . (wo or woe) . by . my.
To all other words that would regularly have been written with two letters, a third was added, either a consonant, as in ebb, add, egg, Ann, inn, err---the only instances of final bb, dd, gg, nn and rr in the language, if we except the echoisms burr, purr, and whirr---or else an e . . .: see . doe . foe . roe . toe . die . lie . tie . vie . rye, (bye, eye) . cue, due, rue, sue.
4.97 In some cases double-writing is used to differentiate words: too to (originally the same word) . bee be . butt but . nett net . buss 'kiss' bus 'omnibus' . inn in.
In the 17th c. a distinction was sometimes made (Milton) between emphatic hee, mee, wee, and unemphatic he, me, we.
2ʸȤʤꤦΤϵǽ줬ۤȤɤǤ뤿ᡤε§ưŤƤװȤơƸȵǽȤäβ̶ʬͿƤ뤳Ȥϴְ㤤ʤ
ΰѤκǸ Milton hee he ̤ƤȤ¤ϡ⤦1ĤưŤβǽ롥ʤǽΤߤ2ʸ֤줦ȤΤϡǽ줬ƤȯȤƤûȤȤֻȿǤǤϤʤȡȴϢơoff of ȤƤƱζȼͳ褹뤳ȤפФ (cf. #55. through θ츻 ([2009-06-22-1])#858. Verner's Law ȻҲͭ ([2011-09-02-1])#1775. rob A of B ([2014-03-07-1])) Milton John Donne 顤;̾ζȼֻȿǤƤƤߤ褦 (Carney 132 ѡˡ
so besides
Mine own that bide upon me, all from mee
Shall with a fierce reflux on mee redound,
On mee as on thir natural center light . . .
Did I request thee, Maker, from my Clay
To mould me Man, did I sollicite thee
From darkness to promote me, or here place
In this delicious Garden?
(Milton Paradise Lost X, 737ff.)
For every man alone thinkes he hath got
To be a Phoenix, and that then can bee
None of that kinde, of which he is, but hee.
(Donne An Anatomie of the World: 216ff.)
Carney (133) ϡ3ʸ§κݤä㳰Ȥ <ox> (cf. <ax> or <axe>)̵ε§ǤϤʤȤǧʤ⡤Ʊ§Τ褦˸Ƥ롥
Lexical monosyllables are usually spelt with a minimum of three letters by exploiting <e>-marking or vowel digraphs or <C>-doubling where appropriate.
Jespersen, Otto. A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles. Part 1. Sounds and Spellings. 1954. London: Routledge, 2007.
Carney, Edward. A Survey of English Spelling. Abingdon: Routledge, 1994.
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