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
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