United—Untied

Inangahua Times, 5 July 1934, Page 4

United—Untied

Two words consisting of the sam e letters in almost the same order* Yet the transposition of two of them : What a world of difference it makes. It is one of the minor accidents of our orthography, small in itself but of boundless significance, writes a Barrister in the Yorkshire Post- ‘At the Leeds Register Office a couple can be married in about four minutes. At most of the Leeds churches the time taken to tie the nuptial knot is very little more. If things go wrong with the marriage, the knot can be untied, at the Assize Court at Leeds Town Hall, in about half a minute. Uniting and untying—each is a matter of minutes or of fractions of minutes.”