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How to spell bellwether

When you find out that wether is a castrated ram you can relate that to 'weather' having a letter removed (castrated) 

In this case, we drop an 'A'. Weather becomes wether. 

A wether is a castrated ram, chosen to lead the herd. It wears a bell, thus bellwether.

BELL WETHER

 BELLWETHER

 

How to remember to spell Bellwether. When you find out that wether is a castrated ram you can relate that to 'weather' having a letter removed (castrated)

 

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