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minus-squareNutteman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoLooks like we can thank the Dutch language for that one
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoLooks like loose is from Germanic/Old Norse, “laus” And lose is from Old English, “los” Also looks like I can’t stand to look at either of these words for a few day now.
minus-squareNutteman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoFrom my tiny amount of research eventually it passed through the Dutch layer and ended up as “loose” from those origin points before being adopted into english
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agodoesn’t matter what the root is. Just conform the spelling to fit your language’s rules
minus-squaredcpDarkMatter@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoEnglish? Rules? We don’t do that here.
minus-squarecowfodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoGHOTI is pronounced as “fish”.
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoDamn, I haven’t seen that one in forever.
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoKamala must change her name to commalaa
Looks like we can thank the Dutch language for that one
Looks like loose is from Germanic/Old Norse, “laus”
And lose is from Old English, “los”
Also looks like I can’t stand to look at either of these words for a few day now.
From my tiny amount of research eventually it passed through the Dutch layer and ended up as “loose” from those origin points before being adopted into english
doesn’t matter what the root is. Just conform the spelling to fit your language’s rules
English? Rules?
We don’t do that here.
GHOTI is pronounced as “fish”.
Damn, I haven’t seen that one in forever.
Kamala must change her name to commalaa