Bob Cunningham wrote:
> I haven't, but both British and American unabridged
> dictionaries say that it's an obsolete or archaic variant of
> "show".
>
> "Shew" appeared as a pronunciation spelling of the way Ed
> Sullivan supposedly said "show". (Ed Sullivan was the
> master of ceremonies of a popular television show forty or
> fifty years ago.)
You're right ! I had not thought of checking my old Webster (1953) : it says
that "show" may be spelled "shew", specially by the British... Harrap's also
mentions it.
Thanks !
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