SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 29 days agoQuire should become the correct spelling for the word 'choir'.message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareQuire should become the correct spelling for the word 'choir'.SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 29 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 days agoWent through the whole thing expecting to speak German, was very disappointed.
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agoI mean English is a germanic language, not too surprising how german phonemic spelling would look considering how much of our fucked up current system is owed to trying to make loan words consistent with their language of origin.
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·28 days agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/2o4rkq/english_to_become_official_language_of_the_eu/
Went through the whole thing expecting to speak German, was very disappointed.
I mean English is a germanic language, not too surprising how german phonemic spelling would look considering how much of our fucked up current system is owed to trying to make loan words consistent with their language of origin.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/2o4rkq/english_to_become_official_language_of_the_eu/
That… That is glorious.