Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareapolo399@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoEnglish grammar and conjugation is quite consistent compared to its spelling, and it’s quite purely Germanic. It got simplified by it’s contact old norse, which resulted in middle english being starkly different from old english.
English grammar and conjugation is quite consistent compared to its spelling, and it’s quite purely Germanic. It got simplified by it’s contact old norse, which resulted in middle english being starkly different from old english.