As a spelling reformer, Webster preferred spellings that matched pronunciation better. The original spellings and pronunciations of Italian loanwords have mostly been kept. Middle English is known for its alternative spellings and pronunciations. Some words have different spellings and pronunciations in the North and the South. See List of common Chinese surnames for the different spellings and more examples. The pronunciation is the same for both spellings. Modern Greek orthography remains true to the historical spellings in most of these cases. There also are several possible spellings of the names. Various other spellings and dialect forms were used. The Galilean satellites retain the Italian spellings of their names. Older forms of the word include the Scottish Gaelic spellings and . It appears in numerous texts and inscriptions with variant spellings. Words are given in their conventional spellings. Alternative spellings of the name include . Some mergers are restricted to particular groups of words or individual spellings.