Jespersen ([1909] 1954) says thatspelling pronunciation has affected the pronunciation of all the following words:second (1:25);nephew (1:42);theater,apothecary,catholic,throne (1:45);humble,host,inherit,heretic,heresy,homely,hypocrite,hypocrisy,hospital,heritage,heritor,humor,hermit,hotel (1:61–62);novel (1:91),periwig (1:105);registrar (1:198);assoil,precise (1:204);wassail (1:268);fault,vault,assault,Walter,altar,fealty,moult,cauldron,baldric,herald,ribald,emerald,soldier,falcon,realm (1:295–97).
