The Modern Forgery Hypothesis

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I'm not sure if this point has been raised already, but persons dictating can and likely do affect the way the scribe spells and accents. I have some limited experience working with an assistant when I wasn't been able to type for a month or so, this was before the modern voice assistant AIs. I definitely tried to make sure my writing style is preserved as closely as possible, including some peculiarities that are textbook incorrect, but part of my writing habits in my native language. I can imagine that if it was in pre-typing era, I would have even insisted that the assistant should try mimicking my general handwriting style. I wouldn't want my letters to look and sound like someone else's.