▲ 614 ▼ TIL the word 'lox' (smoked salmon) is the oldest word in the English language- unchanged in meaning and pronunciation for 8,000 years (nautil.us) submitted 2 years ago by NataliePortland@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.world 104 comments fedilink hide all child comments it's also yummy
[–] SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) What's the Great Vowel Shift? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. So the middle English vowel sounds were more consistent with like how the Japanese pronounced them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yes, as well as a lot of other languages. Spanish has a similar pronunciation to Japanese, I believe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I'm so glad all the best people from r***** came to lemmy. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. So the middle English vowel sounds were more consistent with like how the Japanese pronounced them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yes, as well as a lot of other languages. Spanish has a similar pronunciation to Japanese, I believe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I'm so glad all the best people from r***** came to lemmy. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting. So the middle English vowel sounds were more consistent with like how the Japanese pronounced them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yes, as well as a lot of other languages. Spanish has a similar pronunciation to Japanese, I believe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yes, as well as a lot of other languages. Spanish has a similar pronunciation to Japanese, I believe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I'm so glad all the best people from r***** came to lemmy. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent