Griffus@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIf you put a "s" in front of the "sh" in chivalry, they turn into a "k" like in schismmessage-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareIf you put a "s" in front of the "sh" in chivalry, they turn into a "k" like in schismGriffus@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoWe didn’t do most of the fuckery in English. It was the Normans, while they were in charge, who forced scribes to use screwed-up French spelling for words. It’s always the god-damned French. (jk, love you France! 🩷)
We didn’t do most of the fuckery in English. It was the Normans, while they were in charge, who forced scribes to use screwed-up French spelling for words.
It’s always the god-damned French.
(jk, love you France! 🩷)