If it is asked why the elaborate Old English system of [269] cases and genders has gradually disappeared, an answer that will meet with the approval of most linguists of the ordinary school is (in the words of J. A. H. Murray): “The total loss of grammatical gender in English, and the almost complete disappearance of cases, are purely phonetic phenomena”—supplemented, of course, by the recognition of the action of analogy, to which is due, for instance, the levelling of the nom. — from Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jespersen
This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight,
shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?)
spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words.
Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but
it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?