Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27495 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvelshwelsh

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it: 9 times in 4 works
Consistency: 100% (9 of 9)
Reach if approved: ~9 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: welsh
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 9 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (9 changes in 4 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 9)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Government of Gloucester for two remarkable victories: though Sir John Winter and the VVelshWelsh forces had their eye continually upon it, yet the neglect of the place was …
With rule
… the Government of Gloucester for two remarkable victories: though Sir John Winter and the VVelshWelsh forces had their eye continually upon it, yet the neglect of the place was …
John Corbet · Historical Relation of the Military Government of Gloucester · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that it is useful for both Nations; to the English for attaining, to the VVelshWelsh for retaining that Language.
With rule
… that it is useful for both Nations; to the English for attaining, to the VVelshWelsh for retaining that Language.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… large Room; he was able to repeat perfectly what ever was said, though in VVelshWelsh, or Irish, or any other Language of which he had no knowledge at all …
With rule
… large Room; he was able to repeat perfectly what ever was said, though in VVelshWelsh, or Irish, or any other Language of which he had no knowledge at all …
John Wallis · Defense of the Royal Society · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… speak. Many barbarous, and hard names out of a Callender, and forty strange words, VVelshWelsh, Irish, &c. after once, or twice reading at the most, and short meditation, he …
With rule
… speak. Many barbarous, and hard names out of a Callender, and forty strange words, VVelshWelsh, Irish, &c. after once, or twice reading at the most, and short meditation, he …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 700 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one, her ORIGINAL, but may be glad of one to her DERIVATIVE: viz. the VVelshWelsh-Freeses brought to Oswastre, the staple of that commodity, as hereafter …hall be observed.
With rule
… one, her ORIGINAL, but may be glad of one to her DERIVATIVE: viz. the VVelshWelsh-Freeses brought to Oswastre, the staple of that commodity, as hereafter …hall be observed.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.