1 thought on “the absurdity of our language as we know it”
English is a Germanic language that borrows from other languages.
Sometimes the pronunciation and spelling different. For instance, the rank “colonel” used to be spelled with an “R” but was dropped–but the pronunciation kept it.
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English is a Germanic language that borrows from other languages.
Sometimes the pronunciation and spelling different. For instance, the rank “colonel” used to be spelled with an “R” but was dropped–but the pronunciation kept it.