Jewerly Spelling Variations
Jewerly
Well, to say the least, jewerly is an unusual spelling for the word jewelry, but in looking up the different ways that people spell the word, it is a bit mind boggling to see all the different spelling variations.
There are two widely used spellings, one is Webster’s, which is jewelry, and then there is the English spelling, which is jewellery, and then there are several other lesser used spellings including jewlry, jewerly, jewellry, and jewlery.
I can’t think of any other word that has so many opportunities for misspellings, but when you pronounce the word, it could, depending upon where you are from, be conceivably spelled in all of these different ways. And, you can’t believe how many people spell it each of these various ways.
However it is spelled, jewerly has been an integral part of man’s culture ever since recorded history, and even before. Jewerly has never been a respecter of persons, and has been an important way to express wealth and social status irregardless of ones race or culture all down through time.
Amazingly, the very first forms of really antique jewerly from 90,000 years ago are still being made an worn today. During that period of time, shells were being strung together with some form of twine and worn as necklaces.
A vacation trip to almost any beach today will find the souvenir shops loaded with necklaces and bracelets made from local sea shells, and while they are strung on modern day twine, they are essentially the very same shell necklaces worn back in those ancient days.
In 4700BC during the reign of King Zer bracelets were made from gold and manufactured in a design and method widely available in today’s jewerly markets.
The Egyptians are credited with the beginning of our modern form of jewerly as it was during the time of this rich and progressive people that jewerly making became a skilled profession. Jewerly craftsmen and artisans were important members of the Egyptian society as their artistry produced the valued amulets and talismans, which were worn to protect against evil.
Since gold was highly valued for its color and it was easy to work with and readily available, it was used primarily by the Egyptian jewelers in their everyday efforts to produce their historically spectacular scarab.
Diamonds and other precious stones that are highly valued in today’s jewerly were infrequently used simply because they did not offer the color, nor the symbolism of the other more colorful gemstones that were often used.
Jewerly continues to leave its mark on every culture, no matter the country. When our modern day jewerly is unearthed thousands of years from now, our present day societies will, most likely, be noted as the era of an endless variety in its jewerly making.
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