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2026.0719.0001-Sunday Funnies...
Very good!
ReplyDeleteThat last one, so indicative of the entire American English language.
ReplyDeleteIt's not only in English that you can see such none sense. In French we also have some of these. Like the word "aujourd'hui" (today). Why complicate the spelling and not only write "aujourdui".?
DeleteSpelling tends to reflect etymology and to lag behind changes in pronunciation after time. "Wednesday" was originally something like "Woden's Day", but the spelling has not kept up with how the language changed. French spelling does the same thing. No one would guess a spelling like "qu'est-ce que c'est" from hearing the actual spoken "kèskesé".
DeleteConservative writing does help reserve languages, though. Pronunciation tends to drift apart in different regions. Without standardized writing the language would disintegrate.
Infidel - That's very interesting.
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