will not/ won't
I was curious as to why there is an o in this contraction? It seems that at some period of time it replaced the i. Was it ever pronounced win't or wiln't?
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"Woll" was once a parallel form of "will." It's just a different spelling that reflects a slightly different pronunciation and it dates to the 13th century. It survives in general English only in the...
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