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minus-squareThat Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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?
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?