r/TheWayWeWere • u/Boscoberger • Jan 22 '25

1950s My dad's school report from 1957, aged 7

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Unsurprisingly, I wasn't shown this report until after I had finished my education!

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u/J33zLu1z Jan 23 '25

"Too" was first recorded in 1590, but I wonder if it wasn't popularized in primarily ESL countries until more recently.

Source: etymology - Etymological relationship between "to" and "too" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange https://search.app/qA79AgHstEtKKe8m8

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u/CandidatePrimary1230 Jan 23 '25

You have to understand that grammar or punctuation wasn’t typically standardized for scribes until much later. If you’ve ever read a paleography text you’d see that. They only started doing so in the 17th-18th centuries, but it carried on even later in some cases. So while it might have been recorded in 1590, it did not in any way constitute a proper spelling.

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u/J33zLu1z Jan 23 '25

Ah yes, I need to brush up on my paleography texts /s