Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down16
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoSame in English. You can intuit which words follow Latin rules, which words follow Greek rules, and which words follow Germanic rules. Once you have a feel for it, spelling starts to feel natural for some fucking reason
Same in English. You can intuit which words follow Latin rules, which words follow Greek rules, and which words follow Germanic rules. Once you have a feel for it, spelling starts to feel natural for some fucking reason