Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agobecause it was literally pronounced like that not too long ago, compare “knight” to “knekt” in swedish.
because it was literally pronounced like that not too long ago, compare “knight” to “knekt” in swedish.