ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.uhhoh.comEnglish · 2 months agoDAE bothered that "milestone" and "minestrone" don't rhyme?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down14
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareDAE bothered that "milestone" and "minestrone" don't rhyme?ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.uhhoh.comEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI’m busier screeching at the fake etymological ⟨s⟩ in ⟨island⟩. Or the cosmetic ⟨o⟩ in ⟨people⟩. I mean. Come the fucking on dammit, one is a native word and another is an old arse borrowing, why can’t you spell them as ⟨iland⟩ and ⟨peeple⟩?
I’m busier screeching at the fake etymological ⟨s⟩ in ⟨island⟩. Or the cosmetic ⟨o⟩ in ⟨people⟩.
I mean. Come the fucking on dammit, one is a native word and another is an old arse borrowing, why can’t you spell them as ⟨iland⟩ and ⟨peeple⟩?