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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
·
James Wilson Hyde
165
CHAPTER
XIV.
STRANGE
ADDRESSES.
The
addresses
of
letters
passing
through
the
post
have
often
very
curious
features,
arising
from
various
causes:
sometimes
the
whole
writing
is
so
bad
as
to
be
all
but
illegible;
sometimes
the
orthography
is
extremely
at
fault;
sometimes
the
writer,
having
forgotten
the
precise
address,
makes
use
of
a
periphrase;
sometimes
the
addresses
are
insufficient;
and
sometimes
the
addresses
are
conjoined
with
sketches
on
the
envelopes
showing
both
artistic
taste
and
comic
spirit.
Post-office
sorters,
who
constantly
have
passing
through
their
hands
writing
of
every
style
and
every
degree
of
badness,
acquire
an
aptitude
for
deciphering
manuscript;
and
writing
must
be
bad
indeed,
if
to
be
read
at
all,
when
it
fails
to
be
deciphered
in
the
Post-office.
A
very
large
collection
might
be
made
of
the
vagaries
of
writers
in
the
addresses
placed
by
them
on
letters;
but
the
following
will
give
some
idea,
though
not
a
complete
idea,
of
one
of
the
troubles
met
with
in
dealing
with
post-letters.
Some
time
ago
the
Danish
and
Norwegian
Consul
at
Ipswich,
being
struck
by
the
ever-varying
way
in
which
the
word
"Ipswich"
was
spelt
in
the
addresses
of
letters
reaching
him
from
abroad,
took
the
pains
to
make
a
record
of
each
new
style
of
spelling,
and
after
a
time
he
was
able
to
collect
together
fifty-seven
incorrect
methods
of
spelling
the
word
"Ipswich,"
which
had
been
used
upon
letters
addressed
to
him.
They
are
given
as
follows,
viz.:--
Elsfleth,
Epshvics,
Epshvidts,
Epsids,
Epsig,
Epsvet,
Epsvidts,
Epwich,
Evswig,
Exwig,
Hoispis,
Hvisspys,
Ibsvi,
Ibsvig,
Ibsvithse,
Ibwich,
Ibwigth,
Ispsich,
Ie
yis
wich,
Igswield,
Igswig,
Igswjigh,
Ipesviok,
Ipiswug,
Ipswitis,
Ipsiwisch,
Ipsovich,
Ipsveten,
Ipsvick,
Ipsvics,
Ipsvids,
Ipsvidts,
Ipsvig,
Ipsvikh,
Ipsvits,
Ipsvitx,
Ipsvoigh,
Ipsweh,
Ipsweich,
Ipswgs,
Ipswiche,
Ipswick,
Ipswict,
Ipswiceh,
Ipswig,
Ipswigh,
Ipswight,
Ipswish,
Ipswith,
Ipswitz,
Ispich,
Ispovich,
Ispwich,
Ixvig,
Iysuich,
Uibsvich,
Vittspits.
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