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minus-squarerainbowbunny@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoSockeye Salmon. The real question we should be asking though is why it is spelled with an “L.”
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agowhy is knife spelt with a k? why is hour spelt with an h? Why is wednesday pronounced wendsday? Just is. Michael McIntyre did a good bit about this.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoall of these is because modern english went to shit and we should all go back to middle english and actually pronounce those letters. All the other germanic languages pronounce those letters, why must english be all weird and special?
Sockeye Salmon. The real question we should be asking though is why it is spelled with an “L.”
why is knife spelt with a k?
why is hour spelt with an h?
Why is wednesday pronounced wendsday?
Just is. Michael McIntyre did a good bit about this.
all of these is because modern english went to shit and we should all go back to middle english and actually pronounce those letters. All the other germanic languages pronounce those letters, why must english be all weird and special?