_Sovereign_ and _foreign_ ar speld az if they wer konekted with _reign_, _regnum_; the true etimoloji ov the former beï[n] _superanus_, Old French, _sovrain_, Old I[n]glish, _soveraine_; hweil _foreign_ iz the late Latin _foraneus_; Old French _forain_; Old I[n]glish _forein_. And hwei du we reit _to feign_? Archbishop Trench (“I[n]glish Past and Prezent,” p. 238) [t]i[n]ks the _g_ in _feign_ iz elokwent tu the eí; b[u]t its elokwens iz misleadi[n]. _Feign_ iz not taken from Latin _fingo_, az litel az _honour_ iz taken from Latin _honor_. _Feign_ k[u]mz from the Old French _faindre_; it woz in Old I[n]glish _faynen_ and _feynen_, and it woz therefor a mere etimolojikal feint tu insert the _g_ ov the Latin _fingo_, and the French _feignant_. The Old I[n]glish _shammfasst_ (Orm.), formd leik _stedefasst_ (stedfast), iz nou speld _shamefaced_, az if it had s[u]m[t]i[n] tu do with a bl[u]shi[n] fase. _Aghast_, insted ov Old I[n]glish _agast_, iz s[u]pozed tu luk more freitful bekauz it remeindz [u]s ov _ghost_. The French _lanterne_ woz riten _lant-horn_, az if it had been so kalld from the transparent sheets ov horn that enklozed the leit. The _s_ in _island_ owez its orijin tu a mistaken belief that the w[u]rd iz konekted with _isle_ (_insula_), hwereaz it iz the A[n]glo-Sakson _eáland_ (Jerman _eiland_), that iz, water-land. The speli[n] _iland_ woz stil k[u]rent in Shakspere’z teim. In _aisle_, too, the _s_ iz [u]netimolojikal, though it iz historikal, az havi[n] been taken over from the Old French _aisle_. This tendensi tu olter the speli[n] in order tu impart tu a w[u]rd, at all hazardz, an etimolojikal karakter, beginz even in Latin, hwere _postumus_, a siuperlativ ov _post_, woz s[u]mteimz riten _posthumus_, az if, hwen apleid tu a late-born s[u]n, it woz dereivd from _humus_. In I[n]glish, this fols speli[n] iz retaind in _posthumous_. _Cena_ woz speld bei peopel who wonted tu show their nolej ov Greek _cœna_, az if konekted with κοινή, hwich it iz not.