▲ 543 ▼ 'Read' and its past tense are spelled the same. How should they be spelled? (lemmy.world) submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments What about similar oddities in English? (This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/193/ (link found by BunScientist@lemmy.zip)) Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children) What I get from this is that if those English idiots had stuck to French, we wouldn't have this mess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) More like if the French royalty hadn't conquered England.... England hasn't been ruled by the English for centuries bro permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Yup. Blame the Normans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* When people shit on the English, it's usually for stuff a small group of French royalty/oligarchs were doing. And they were doing bad shit to the actual English too. Like the joke about "robbed the world for spices, used zero". The royalty 100% used all the fancy spices and sold them to their cousins in mainland Europe. But the common Englishman sure as fuck couldn't afford them. The most shit we should be giving the common English, is for not following the common French's example permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh god, we'd be stuck with all those silent letters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago On the other hand, you seldom have the issue of having no clue how something is pronounced because you've only ever seen it written. So it balances out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) More like if the French royalty hadn't conquered England.... England hasn't been ruled by the English for centuries bro permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Yup. Blame the Normans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* When people shit on the English, it's usually for stuff a small group of French royalty/oligarchs were doing. And they were doing bad shit to the actual English too. Like the joke about "robbed the world for spices, used zero". The royalty 100% used all the fancy spices and sold them to their cousins in mainland Europe. But the common Englishman sure as fuck couldn't afford them. The most shit we should be giving the common English, is for not following the common French's example permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Yup. Blame the Normans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* When people shit on the English, it's usually for stuff a small group of French royalty/oligarchs were doing. And they were doing bad shit to the actual English too. Like the joke about "robbed the world for spices, used zero". The royalty 100% used all the fancy spices and sold them to their cousins in mainland Europe. But the common Englishman sure as fuck couldn't afford them. The most shit we should be giving the common English, is for not following the common French's example permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago* When people shit on the English, it's usually for stuff a small group of French royalty/oligarchs were doing. And they were doing bad shit to the actual English too. Like the joke about "robbed the world for spices, used zero". The royalty 100% used all the fancy spices and sold them to their cousins in mainland Europe. But the common Englishman sure as fuck couldn't afford them. The most shit we should be giving the common English, is for not following the common French's example permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Oh god, we'd be stuck with all those silent letters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago On the other hand, you seldom have the issue of having no clue how something is pronounced because you've only ever seen it written. So it balances out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago On the other hand, you seldom have the issue of having no clue how something is pronounced because you've only ever seen it written. So it balances out. permalink fedilink source parent
