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Year:
1890
Short description:
Dropping of final 'h' in -burgh place names in US
Medium description:
Board of Geographic Names decides to drop final 'h' in -burgh place names in the US.
A decision accepted by most places but not Pittsburgh
Tags:
history of English
in the USA
orthography
Crystal, David (2012). Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling. London: Profile Books Ltd [p.142]