no banana@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoTypical monopoly peoplemedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
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minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·29 days agoTo be fair, usually when a language adopts a new word from other languages, they start spelling it in there own fashion. English is unusual in that they use the original spelling.
minus-squarejpablo68@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoAnd you also have words like Wednesday…
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoFrench in particular gets a lot of words with original spellings because it used to be the language of the courts in England.
To be fair, usually when a language adopts a new word from other languages, they start spelling it in there own fashion. English is unusual in that they use the original spelling.
And you also have words like Wednesday…
Woden’s day
French in particular gets a lot of words with original spellings because it used to be the language of the courts in England.