Jul 7, 2011 · It's called a false etymology -- essentially, some scholar along the way missed the intervening few hundred years of French (and, one would suppose, Proto-Romance) usage …

Feb 12, 2021 · Vittles not a deliberate misspelling of victuals There is some suggestion in the comments and the other answers that vittles is a deliberate misspelling of victuals that …

Apr 29, 2018 · Does anyone know the expression "stap my vittles"? I take it to mean just "holy smokes" (etc.), but I can't remember where I ever encountered it, nor can I find an explanation …

Oct 10, 2018 · Victuals is famously pronounced "vittles". But how is victualling, as in victualling yard, pronounced? I presume the "c" remains silent, but various unsourced and presumably …

Quite a few words are mispronounced by under-educated people, or people learning English as a second language. Some words are often mispronounced by quite educated people who read, …

Nov 23, 2011 · 23 "Victuals" is the correct word for food and drink; or you can use the old English form of the word "vittles". Drink or beverages alone are sometimes referred to as "libations".

I'm sat here in Vittles waiting for a second pot of tea, and life is OK, on the whole. [source] I'm sat here, in the back of a van with my Thermos full of hot tea, protecting a car-park. [source]

You can listen more about Elizabethan English in this "Voices recording" session, with the following comments: The eminent Shakespearean scholar, John Barton, has suggested that …

Jul 23, 2016 · I'm sat here in Vittles waiting for a second pot of tea, and life is OK, on the whole. [source] I'm sat here, in the back of a van with my Thermos full of hot tea, protecting a car …

Just as a general thing: there are rather a lot of words in English whose spelling was adjusted to reflect Latin cognates after the word was already common in the language. Victuals, for …