Write we know is written right,
When it is written write;
But when we see it written wright,
We know it is not written right:
For write, to have it written right,
Must not be written right or wright,
Nor yet should it be written rite;
But write, for so 'tis written right.
~Anonymous
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I would love to know where you found this! I also came across this while going through my great-grandmothers' scrapbook dated 1875-1881. It begins, "When I was a school-girl, at a public examination, one of the scholars was called upon to write a sentence upon the blackboard. She made a mistake in orthography, which gave rise to the following;"......
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