Thread: Father Christmas Letters: 1938
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Old 01-06-2012, 07:13 AM   #3
Estelyn Telcontar
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Yes, the PB does make spelling and grammar mistakes. Let me look up a few examples:

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1940: Ar having verry DIFFICULT time this year but ar doing my our best.
1933: Only ther was more like 1000 goblins than 15.
1931: Father Christmas has wakt up.
Spelling mistakes: bizy/bisy, sez, haz, kurrants, kood, hevy, langwidge, reely, exploashion, wot, leest...
In searching, I noticed that the first letters which include the North Polar Bear don't have spelling or grammar mistakes - apparently that trait was developed in time, perhaps when the children were old enough to read the letters themselves.
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