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Jer
@jeremie.com

Why does ‘shipped’ have two p’s, but ‘worshiped’ only have one?

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dwaite.bsky.social
@dwaite.bsky.social

I point the finger at Noah Webster. IMHO, many American English deviations from British English were not done for a pragmatic reason but out of a desire for promoting nationalism and cultural independence.