Blaze (he/him) to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down127
arrow-up1449arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoSame in English. You can intuit which words follow Latin rules, which words follow Greek rules, and which words follow Germanic rules. Once you have a feel for it, spelling starts to feel natural for some fucking reason
Same in English. You can intuit which words follow Latin rules, which words follow Greek rules, and which words follow Germanic rules. Once you have a feel for it, spelling starts to feel natural for some fucking reason