Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5913 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhyewhye

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

Puritas changed it: 24 times in 6 works
Consistency: 92.3% (24 of 26)
Reach if approved: ~27 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: why
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 26 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: why (2)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (24 changes in 6 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 24)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
VVhyeWhye such a caytiffe maye deserue the name of Pope of Rome.
With rule
VVhyeWhye such a caytiffe maye deserue the name of Pope of Rome.
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… nurſia and a great nombre els, as we fynde in dyuerſe cronycles ād wrytynges. VvhyeWhye ſchuld ſoche a furyouſe beaſt than ſo ſhamefullye lye, to eſtablyſhe an errour of …
With rule
… nurſia and a great nombre els, as we fynde in dyuerſe cronycles ād wrytynges. VvhyeWhye ſchuld ſoche a furyouſe beaſt than ſo ſhamefullye lye, to eſtablyſhe an errour of …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhyeWhye Sara…s laughter was reprooued, 15. 18.
With rule
VVhyeWhye Sara…s laughter was reprooued, 15. 18.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
VvhyeWhye syr (sayd one of the clarkes) will ye not worshyp good ymages?
With rule
VvhyeWhye syr (sayd one of the clarkes) will ye not worshyp good ymages?
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
VvhyeWhye Vvynchestre hynge Thomas Sa…ye a man lerned / in his porters lodge at the …
With rule
VvhyeWhye Vvynchestre hynge Thomas Sa…ye a man lerned / in his porters lodge at the …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader
Printed
1 VvhyeWhye vvist thu then / Sett to thy penne.
With rule
1 VvhyeWhye vvist thu then / Sett to thy penne.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhyeWhye broyling thus vvvith Venus brand Marozia doest thou raue?
With rule
VVhyeWhye broyling thus vvvith Venus brand Marozia doest thou raue?
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… the heretyque by the popes holye lawes, of whom he ys a commenſed canonyſt. VvhyeWhye? call ye that an acte of charyte, to ſhewe ſoche vyolence for matters of …
With rule
… the heretyque by the popes holye lawes, of whom he ys a commenſed canonyſt. VvhyeWhye? call ye that an acte of charyte, to ſhewe ſoche vyolence for matters of …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · 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.