when did we stop using f and replaced it with s

[enrique10]

Formaly in our language we used the letter f instead of s unless it was plural , when did this change

[factor-fiction]

I ssume you mean FORMERLY.
I think that the change occured in the 18th century, but I'm sure this can be Googled.

[factor-fiction]

...and I assume I meant ASSUME!

[Ankou]

some reading here :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

[bookbinder]

Is there a connection here with the long s? I just Googled it and there's some info on Wikipedia.

[enrique10]

Thanks for the deliberate mistake Mark as you spotted quite quickly i am not very bright(or should that be brite)

[pastafreak]

As I thought...it was not an 'f',but actually just another form of 's'.

http://www.earlyameri...rlyamerica/howto.html

[factor-fiction]

Who's Mark?

[Zeuhl]

In a similar vein, the Y in Ye Olde Websitee is not a Y.

It is derived from Thorn which is just an anglo saxon way of writing Th
.

[Old_Geezer]

Yorn surelth ?

[Zeuhl]

Thou could be right!
.

[DTCwordfan]

Looking at enrique's question, 2011 looks like the year we changed the spelling of "Formerly"

He has a great career in front of him; he could out-perform Andrew Carnegie who chaired the commission that screwed up the English language in the USA - center, jewelery, realizing etc etc.. But then Carnegie was dyslexic.

[enrique10]

Thanks for shattering my self confidence lads, one of you is correct i am like Carnegie but no dyslexic , but LOADED

[nightmare]

Zeuhl,
Thou couldST be right! surely ?

[thebannie]

'f' was still being used in print until at least 1798. i don't really get the 'long s' argument, because the book i'm reading (digitised copy of 1798 edition) uses 'f' for all 's' usages, short and long.