Ovaltine, a popular bedtime drink in the UK and Australia, came about because someone misspelled the original name Ovomaltine on the trademark documentation.
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August 8: Madeleine de Verchères, daughter of François Jarret, a seigneur in New France, and Marie Perrot (b.1678); Madeline (alt spelling) achieved recognition when, as a young girl, she successfully fought off Iroquois attackers and helped to save Fort Vercheres (Quebec).
The 17th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, District of Columbia in 1941.
The 1st Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Louisville, Kentucky in 1925, not by Scripps Howard but by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The 21st Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, District of Columbia in 1948, by the E.W. Scripps Company.
The 27th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, District of Columbia in 1954, by the E.W. Scripps Company.
The 31st Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, District of Columbia in 1958, by the E.W. Scripps Company.
Antwan is a male given name, an alternate spelling of Antoine found in the United States.
Aripara Falls (alternate spelling: Arippara Falls) is a tourist spot in Anakkampoyil near Thiruvambady Town in Kozhikode district, Kerala.
Paniker (his preferred spelling) was born in Kavalam near Alappuzha to E. Naryanan of Periyamana Illam, and M. Meenakshiamma.
The Balm ruins (German: Ruine Balm or Ruine Balmfluh) are the remains of a fortified cave dwelling at the foot of Balmfluh (alternative spelling: Balmflue) in the Jura Mountains, in the municipality of Balm bei Günsberg in the Canton of Solothurn.
The name of the barony, with its spelling being a variant of the family name, appears to have been chosen to suggest a possible ancestry from Waleran the Huntsman, feudal baron of West Dean, Wiltshire, at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, which was held by the Waleran family until the death of Walter Walerand in 1200/1 leaving three daughters his co-heiresses.
This nods in the direction of the original daily Dick Barton radio series on the BBC Light Programme from 1946-1951 (later in novels and a trio of low budget feature films), although the spelling of the original character, Snowey, has been changed - as has his gender from time to time.
-- odd spelling supported by source, twitter account name, etc. --> Marie Gomez (born March 2, 1997), known better by her stage name Becky G, is a Mexican-American hip hop singer, rapper, songwriter and dancer from Inglewood, California.
The campaign to have the bridge renamed was initiated and organised by members of the Cabra, GAA club, Naomh Fionbarra (gaelic spelling) (St. Finbarr's) and sanctioned by Dublin City Council in early 2006.
The river is named after William Blackstone (original spelling William Blaxton) who arrived in Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1623, and became the first settler of present day Boston in 1625.
His first name has long appeared in print in both the Karl and Carl spelling variants (see Charles).
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, football club from Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine that was known as FC Dnepr Dneprpetrovsk, the Russian language spelling of the club, during the Soviet control of Ukraine.
It is named for Fredrika Bremer (note different spelling), the Swedish author, for whom the surrounding county was also named.
In 1600, Englishman Richard Hakluyt used the name Gaspay in his translation of Cosmosgraphie by Jean Alfonse, which became the common spelling in the early 17th century.
The position survived in a much more senior form, devoid of its original functions, as Groom of the Stole (a Victorian spelling per Starkey, op.cit.), until 1901.
The fungus was first described in 1774 by German mycologist Jacob Christian Schäffer as Helvella infula (the original genus spelling was Elvela).
Hadersfild (Serbian phonetic spelling of Huddersfield) is a Serbian film from 2007, directed by Ivan Živković, and the script was written by Uglješa Šajtinac.
The spelling was altered from the 17th century because of a false connection to Philippa of Hainault, the wife of Edward III.
For the last name spelling of "R o w e", see: Henry Rowe
Hero eventually lost his vest, but found the even more interesting "H-Dial" (of Dial H for Hero fame), and soon realized that by spelling H-E-R-O on its dial, he would be granted the powers of and persona of one of several superheroes, supposedly merging with them using hypertime.
The IKEA Catalogue (US spelling: IKEA Catalog; Swedish: Ikea-katalogen) is a catalogue published annually by the Swedish home furnishing retailer IKEA.
--spelling & no accents per author's webpage-->, from Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, living in Vienna.
Lidströmer (international spelling Lidstromer) is a Swedish noble family, originating from the village of Liden, Medelpad, Sweden.
Lillydale Lake (the name retaining the earliest spelling and the name of the former Lillydale Shire) is an artificial lake and wetlands area created in Lilydale, Melbourne, Australia.
Loukas Mavrokefalidis (alternate spelling: Mavrokefalides) (Greek: Λουκάς Μαυροκεφαλίδης; born July 25, 1984 in Jeseník, Czechoslovakia) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League.
Magadha, an alternative spelling of an ancient kingdom of India
Spelling Mississippi was short-listed for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2003.
"Moog Droog" is an ironic anglicised spelling of the Welsh phrase mwg drwg ("bad smoke"), slang for marijuana, making a pun on the Moog synthesizer (and/or its inventor) and the slang word "droog" (based on the Russian for "friend") from A Clockwork Orange.
1946: The Constitution of Brazil makes the orthographic reform of 1943 official and mandates that all books published in the country use the official spelling.
Tier 1 software includes Accelerated Reader, Accelerated Math, Accelerated Vocabulary, Accelerated Grammar & Spelling, and Accelerated Writer.
Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) author of the The Fairie Queene, in his writings during the Elizabethan age while domiciled in County Cork, referred to the 'gentle Shure', probable a most accurate spelling and the most phonetically correct of the period.
In 1999 Nicola Bartolini Carrassi moved to Hollywood, California and changed his name to the more American sounding Ryan Carrassi he wrote storyline for Aaron Spelling Sunset Beach (TV series), Days of our Lives and Passions.
In 1762, Scott published her novel, A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent (her spelling).
Efraim Savela, alternate spelling of Efraim Sevela, a Soviet-Russian-Israeli screenwriter, director, producer, and writer.
A diocese, with see at Sées in northern France, as an alternate spelling (i.e. diocese of Sées)
alternate spelling of Siddiqui, last name common among some Muslim groups in South Asia and the Middle East
:Siderocapsa is also a spelling of the Byzantine and Ottoman mine and mint Siderocausa
It is possible that Slavomir was one of the "high-ranking hostages" whom his relative, Rastislav, the duke of Moravia turned over to the Franks in 864, because in that year Bishop Otgar of Eichstätt granted an estate near the Frankish–Moravian border to a certain Slav, Sleimar whose name may be a variant spelling of his name.
The last station remaining in Russian hands was Kuancheng (Kuanchengtze, in contemporary spelling); the first Japanese station was Changchun.
The influence of the book has caused the incorrect spelling "piefort" to be used by third-party grading services such as NGC and PCGS in labeling coin attributions.
His work on Broadway includes Disney's Tarzan, Glory Days, Peter Pan (starring Cathy Rigby), the original Fantasticks and Frankenstein with Hunter Foster and has also toured the United States with the Broadway Musicals The Full Monty, Spelling Bee, and Peter Pan.
Actress Larisa Udovichenko has revealed that the entire moment was unscripted and she actually asked about the spelling because she was unsure, with Vysotsky deciding to play along.
Some are minor but oddly consistent spelling errors (e.g. "N. bicalcurata," "U. reinformis," "U. humboltii," "thripes," and others).
Tunulliarfik Fjord (old spelling: Tunugdliarfik) is a fjord in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.
Based on research and experimental results, he disagrees with the popular view that the use of abbreviations and slang, such as those in SMS language, will lead to low literacy and bad spelling among children.