@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agoQuire should become the correct spelling for the word 'choir'.message-square28fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareQuire should become the correct spelling for the word 'choir'.@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@InverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoWent through the whole thing expecting to speak German, was very disappointed.
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkinlinkfedilink2•3 months 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-square@InverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months 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.