[Vwoolf] Why did VW prefer "a earwig" in the proofs of To the Lighthouse?

[Christine Froula]

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A fascinating observation, Ed. I'm drawn to your hearing of the ear in 
earwig--the possibility that Woolf is transcribing speech remembered 
from a moment or moments in childhood; that is, To the Lighthouse is 
full of remembered and echoing voices as of changing leaves; perhaps 
she's oscillating between the pull of memory and the grammar of revision 
in these wavering particles.

Chris

On 7/9/2025 9:18 PM, Edward Mendelson via Vwoolf wrote:
> ... and the English Dialect Dictionary identifies "rillywig" as a word 
> used in East Anglia to mean "earwig." Is it remotely possible that VW 
> heard something like that in her ear when she wrote "earwig"?
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