On Thursday 31 August 2006 13:18, James Wilkinson wrote:
Chris Mohler wrote:
> How about "connexion"? That valid o'er the pond?
Anne Wilson wrote:
> No, that would be 'connection'.
Personally, I'd call "connexion" "historical usage", but valid
(e.g.
"the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion"). I'd lump it together with
"shew", which seems to have been a valid alternative until the twentieth
century.
You're probably right there, James. I believe that it was common in the 18th
century - I don't know how much longer. Again, this supports the theory that
many US spellings are historically linked with English of the earlier
centuries.
Anne