Also before the English fixed their spelling in like 1500, and then did 500 years of sound shifting. It needs a spelling reform, desperately.
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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe â¨2⊠â¨months⊠agoIt had its own logic before the inanity of French came in during the Norman Invasion
rumschlumpel@feddit.org â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
edible_funk@sh.itjust.works â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
English is a language that lurks in dark alleys, beats up other languages and rifles through their pockets for spare vocabulary.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I love the quote, but I think itâs important to credit its creator - James Nicoll