over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhat if people pronounced the word TWO without the silent W?over_clox@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareboydster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoOh. My. God. I am so disappointed in myself that I never realized these words were all related before. Thank you for this gift.
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoA few less-obvious associations, just for fun: Just like “the house” /s/ is “to house” /z/, “the glass” /s/ is “to glaze” /z/ Tiw’s Day, Wotan’s Day, Thor’s Day, Frigg’s Day. Note: Tiw, Wotan and Frigg are the native names for Norse Tyr, Odin and Freyja. “Flee”, “fly”, “flow” are all related. The “mus” in “muscle” is a borrowed cognate to native “mouse”.
Oh. My. God. I am so disappointed in myself that I never realized these words were all related before. Thank you for this gift.
A few less-obvious associations, just for fun: